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...when the purists have finished gazing longingly at the historic red brick building, they can fix their eyes on the grass (home grown, one Oriole official reminded me, in Salisbury on Maryland's Eastern Shore) in right-center field, where the parents of legendary Yankees' slugger Babe Ruth once reportedly ran a tavern...
...legions of elite athletes like Simpson, California remains the land of upward mobility. The state has produced legions of homegrown sports stars (sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner, high diver Greg Louganis, slugger Darryl Strawberry) and has polished the skills of legions more who moved to California to train (swimmer Janet Evans, decathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, volleyball player Karch Kiraly). From title-winning ice skaters (Debi Thomas) to record-setting long jumpers (Mike Powell), from Olympic champion swimmers (Matt Biondi) to gold-medal skiers (Bill Johnson), California is the American sports machine. Nearly 30% of the U.S. athletes at the 1988 Summer...
...specter of free agency can make even a shrewd organization nervous. The Pittsburgh Pirates, with a core of fine young stars, got that now-or-never feeling this year. Why? Because slugger Bobby Bonilla is expected to become a zillionaire elsewhere this winter, and Most Valuable Player candidate Barry Bonds may walk next October. Pittsburgh, in a modest TV market, certainly can't afford them both. So the bucks -- and the Bucs -- stop here...
...hero if he is to get the most out of his prodigious natural ability. It may be that Daly's swing is too complicated and his game too reliant on intangibles to carry him to the level of his idol Nicklaus. But there is something heroic in the quotable slugger's triumph, and it would be a shame to see him become one of the legion of golf technocrats who threaten to turn the sport into a boring science. There may be a lesson for other pros in the enormous fan response to golf's new Sultan of Swing: people...
Lots of batters have charged the mound after getting hit by a pitch, but when Detroit outfielder John Shelby went after Boston's Roger Clemens last week, the slugger took his bat along on the trip for emphasis. That's a big no-no. Shelby, who was tackled by the catcher, earned an ejection and may be suspended...