Nick Carafa likes to think that it's just a learning curve when he explains to some 6-year-old where to place his hands on a baseball bat. Or tell some 10-year-old would-be Roger Clemens that a pitcher doesn't always have to have blazing speed.

WOODSTOCK -- A group of kids gathered just outside of the Woodstock dugout, baseballs in hand. They were waiting for River Bandits third baseman Mike Garza to get back from the post-game huddle in left field. They wanted him to sign their baseballs.

Spotlight on Charlie Lynch Sometimes it’s the patients who spend years with us. And under our care they grow, get stronger and eventually leave the nest. But then once in a while we get an intern who’s spent enough time with us that we’ve been able to observe the same changes in him.

Faster than a speeding bullet, Bobby Frisch did his nickname ‘Bullet' justice tonight at the Rockford Speedway as he claimed his second consecutive headliner for the Mtn Dew Super Summer Series.

CHESTERTON Summer program: Duneland Montessori Academy, 109 W. Porter Ave., will offer activity classes for ages 4 to 8 next week. "Great Lakes Games," a fascinating way to learn about the five lakes, will run from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday. The cost is $60. For more information and to register, call Mrs. K. Ehn at 331-6635. Computer Help Clinic: Westchester Public Library's free ...

Of course, if you can't see Andre Smith, then he must not be within about a 50 miles of your eyesight. The dude is huge, is what I'm trying to get at. ...

The first was a broken-bat hit that Hairston pulled through the left side and off the outstretched arm of a diving Casey Blake at third base. ...

He made a diving catch and Hue Jackson yelled, "I got one guy who can catch!" Apparently the first thing Jackson said at the beginning of the second ...

Scuba Diving Magazine's 2010 Readers Choice Awards gave Curacao high marks in a number of categories, including second place for Top Shore Diving and Top ...

The aspiring receiver out of Brown caught every ball his way in the morning session, including one rolling, diving finger-tip grab that drew a loud roar ...

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