Baseball strikes out with strikes and umpire talk
In Philadelphia a debate on the strike zone escalates after Tigers outfielder Bobby Higginson is ejected in back to back games against the Orioles over plate umpire John Hirschbeck. Hirschbeck defends leeway while Higginson criticizes the zone as too small. Memo to Bud Selig urged for a more vertical strike zone to aid gameplay.
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Hirschbeck
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John Mabry
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Mark McGwire
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Indians
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Barry Bonds
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Ricky Battalico
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Atan Francisco
Orel Hershiser
Barry
Texas
A&m
R.C. Slocum
Chip Ambres
Mariners
Jay Buhner
Houston
Randy Johnson
Astros
Irish swimmer Michelle Smith vows appeal after FINA ban
In Dublin on Friday Michelle Smith denied tampering with a urine test and accused swimming authorities of conspiring to end her career. She promised to seek significant damages against FINA and fight the four year suspension at an appeals hearing, pointing to her husband Erik de Bruin as motive for a vendetta.
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Michelle Smith
FINA
Smith
Erik de Bruin
de Bruin
Dublin
College baseball bat suit targets NCAA changes
Easton Sports sues the NCAA in Kansas federal court seeking 267 million dollars plus injunctive relief over proposed changes to college baseball bats. The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee aims to cut bat diameter and raise weight limits for next season.
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Easton Sports
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U.S. District Court
Kansas
Ncaa Baseball Rules Committee
Feerick Hearing Set on Player Salaries in Lockout
Arbitrator John Feerick will hear Aug 24-25 whether players with guaranteed contracts must be paid during the NBA lockout. The meeting followed talks with league and union lawyers and could trigger about 800 million dollars in guaranteed salaries for the 1998 99 season if players win. Owners may seek a stay pending federal court ruling on Feerick's jurisdiction.
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New York
John Feerick
Feerick
Sports Schedule Roundup From Noon to Monday
A dense listing of sports broadcasts and events across football, baseball, golf, tennis, boxing, and basketball. Includes Cubs and Cardinals clashes, Chiefs and Buccaneers football, Los Angeles and New York women's basketball, multiple golf championships, auto racing, horse racing, and boxing card details with channel or venue codes.
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Kansas City
New York
California
Chicago White Sox
Tampa Bay
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Francisco
Bud At the Glen
Washington
Preseason Football Odds and Matchups Snapshot
A scattered update lists NFL and MLB mentions with teams such as Jacksonville Pittsburgh Buffalo Washington Miami Baltimore Chicago Denver St. Louis Kansas City Tampa Bay Green Bay New Orleans NY Giants Cincinnati Dallas Oakland San Francisco Seattle Indianapolis New England Minnesota Norman OK and various league labels. The page blends odds notes, matchups, and team initials with blocky punctuation typical of late 1990s sports wires.
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Jacksonville
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Buffalo
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Baltimore
Chicago
Denver
ST. Louis
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New Orleans
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Toronto
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Texas
Tribune Media Services, Inc
Carl Lewis Olympic 200m record 19.80 in 1984
Carl Lewis set the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a time of 19.80 seconds during the 1984 Games.
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Carl Lewis
Access dial prompts and category numbers list
Instructions for using Access require dialing 865-5000 and entering a four digit category code. The sequence shows multiple codes in ranges and individual entries from 5600 to 6906 with several gaps and grouping.
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