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...home runs, including a clout by Matt Williams of the Giants that looks like it went into orbit. Roll that tape! Is this ball juiced or what? With 44 taters, the Mattmeister has now moved ahead of Roger Maris' record pace. But the big news was in Cleveland, where Albert Belle crushed two homers, including this titanic upper-deck shot, to lead the Tribe to a 9-3 victory over the Brewers. For the first time since 1954, it's the -- yes! -- first-place Indians. Talk about a real-life Field of Dreams. It don't get any better than...
...darkly about a livelier ball, while other analysts point to depleted pitching staffs and new homer-haven ball parks. Baseball's most hallowed record, Roger Maris' 61 homers in 1961, was in danger of being eclipsed. Five marquee-idol sluggers (Matt Williams, Ken Griffey, Frank Thomas, Barry Bonds and Albert Belle) were all on target to hit more than 50 home runs. Tony Gwynn -- the last star left in San Diego as the cash-starved Padres traded off their high-priced talent -- was in sight of the holy grail of a Ted Williams-style .400 batting average. How quickly...
...faithful threw small packets of money (Canadian money, but still . . .) toward their low-paid, first-place stars; and a few of Philadelphia's famously cranky spectators actually applauded their own team. In Kansas City, Vince Coleman was greeted with affectionate firecrackers; Cleveland stalwarts shied welcome-back corked bats at Albert Belle. In Toronto, fans waved banners saying WE KNEW YOU WEREN'T IN IT FOR THE MONEY and PLAYERS & OWNERS: OUR HEROES...
Green announced April 12 that he was stepping down as provost. Former dean of the Kennedy School Albert Carnesale ascended to the job July 1. Zeckhauser took over the reins of the task force following Green's departure...
Still, most high school students say they feelthe same as Perez, who is taking genetics and aclass on Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein andSigmund Freud...