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...execution of this empirical method tells us that despite Tony Womack’s 27 stolen bases last year and the potentially immeasurable contribution of his heart, desire, and veteran leadership, his .276 on-base percentage made him a virtually worthless player. It tells us that although the sacrifice bunt might be a sure sign of sound fundamentals and good old-fashioned baseball, in practice it almost always decreases the run-expectancy of an offense...
...Matt Brunnig said. “It seems every time I pitch he hits a home run. I absolutely love having him in the lineup. He’s in the three to five hole, and every time he’s up, there’s people on base. Having his bat there makes all the difference in the world.” After the Big Green scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score at nine, Klimkiewicz helped Harvard remain upbeat, and played a key role in its impressive 14-run comeback...
...Regardless of disagreements over the boycott, there's no question that much of the usual customer base in Cicero and elsewhere will evaporate today, causing local retail spending to take a major hit. Illinois has an estimated 285,000 undocumented workers, nearly the same number of protest participants that Chicago-area organizers are projecting for today. At the city?s March 10 immigrant rally, about 100,000 were estimated to have demonstrated downtown in a far more hastily planned grassroots effort...
...President Bush is continuing to emphasize the dual points of maintaining both a welcoming and a law-abiding country, but some Republican officials fret that White House officials are not being insistent enough about getting a bill passed in the face of conservative resistance. "They're governing against their base, so they've got to tap dance very carefully," the strategist said. "They've left the impression that once the issue is joined in conference, they'll be much crisper, much clearer about what they want...
...Terror Base Released in a general amnesty in 1999, al-Zarqawi returns to Afghanistan and the jihad. He meets Osama bin Laden in 2000 but doesn?t join al-Qaeda. He runs a terrorist-training camp in western Afghanistan...