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...does not touch the ball. The result is a lot more whiffs now than in the old days. Last year batters earned 3% more bases on balls than in 1930, but struck out 75% more often. Flash, not finesse, is the hallmark of modern, macho baseball, where a slugger would rather corkscrew himself into the batter's box on a swinging third strike than ground out meekly to the shortstop. This all-or-nothing attitude is catnip to Ryan, whose fast ball ! still approaches stock-car speeds. The hitters say, "Show me" -- and he shows them...
...Harvard rightfielder Ted Decareau, but yesterday it was hard to tell the difference between the Oakland All-Star and the Crimson slugger...
...from both the cornfields of Nebraska and the south side of Chicago. Everyone who ever played a lick of Little League still remembers the first time they put on their uniform. They remember the first big hit or the first time they blew the heater by the local slugger...
...emotional game, sophomore slugger Carrie Cunningham then seized the victory, beating her opponent in the final game also by a score...
...Clark cannot do it all, and despite impressive home-run help from his partner in the so-called Pacific Sock Exchange, Kevin Mitchell, as well as from slugger Matt Williams, the Giants seem outgunned overall by the Bash Brothers & Associates. More important, the A's boast the best pitching staff in baseball: Dave Stewart (21-9), Mike Moore (19-11), Storm Davis (19-7) and Bob Welch (17-8). For a closer in relief they call on Dennis Eckersley, who saved 33 games in the regular season and three more against the Blue Jays in the playoffs...