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...great was Bradman? If Tiger Woods dominates golf for another 15 years, perhaps he will have a peer. For now, no other sport has seen his like. Dissenters have suggested he wasn't the most marvelous, that some other batsman was more elegant, another more powerful or charismatic. But always Bradman's record destroys their claim. Between 1928 and 1948 he played 52 Tests, in which he scored 6,996 runs at an average of 99.94. For cricket followers, it is that average, pondered even for the thousandth time, which bewilders. The next best: South African Graeme Pollock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Quietly Goes the Don | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

After Maine put one run up on a solo shot to right center in the top of the eleventh, Harvard loaded the bases in the bottom half with no outs on two walks and a hit batsman. But freshman pinch-hitter Michael Madden grounded into a 4-3 double play, scoring one run to tie the score, but ending the Harvard threat...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: Baseball Bests Bears in Extra Innings | 4/11/1997 | See Source »

Freshman Cody Weston started for the Crimson and yielded a pair of runs in the second inning on two singles, a hit batsman and a pair of sacrifices...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Sweep Red; Swept by Tigers | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

After a hit batsman and a single by Mike Wiseman to open the ninth, clean-up hitter Derek Carlson doubled to right-centerfield off Crimson pitcher Zach Hope (2-2), scoring Joe Arena to break...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: The Verdict is In; Judges Win | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

After Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on Rob Deer's third home run, the Red Sox rebounded in their half of the inning. They scored four runs on a double by John Marzano, Burks' bunt, and RBI single by Marty Barrett, two walks, a hit batsman and Dwight Evans' infield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oil Can, Red Sox Stifle Brewers at Fenway, 6-3 | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

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