Ollarsaba, almost as good, had to settle for being a runner-up.
The Mets' slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
His last swing was a memorable one he hit an RBI double in the seventh inning at Olympic Stadium, left for a pinch-runner to a huge ovation from the home crowd and walked away after that 1-0 win over the Cubs.
Modestly claiming to be "not a bad 400m runner for a heptathlete", Sotherton is now focused on breaking her way into Team GB's relay squad for next year's World Championships in South Korea and the London Olympics a year after.
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But skipper Dravid, nursing a minor calf strain, batted with a runner for 22 overs to arrest the slide with Singh, who made a career-best score.
If he can solve the Russia problem for Deere, Lane could well be a front-runner for the top job.
Check out the list for a few surprises like California coming in as a runner-up for the worst run state in the country.
An athlete all his life, Howard was a distance runner for the University of California, Irvine cross-country team before a diagnosis of osteosarcoma and amputation of his left leg just below the knee.
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People had hoped that a watered-down, temporary version of common eurozone debt, dreamed up by Germany's so-called "wise men" group of economic experts, might be a runner for the summit.
Another American, Butch Reynolds, a 400-metres runner, tested positive for a steroid after a race in Monaco in 1990, and was banned for two years.
Mr. Cuomo, who was elected attorney general in 2006 and announced his gubernatorial candidacy in May, has enjoyed a front-runner status for some time but is facing a tougher-than-expected challenge from the Republican nominee, Carl Paladino, a tea-party backed developer from Buffalo.
The project, a joint venture between NRG and CPS, the San Antonio municipal utility, was one of four finalists for Department of Energy loan guarantees and at one point was thought to be a front-runner for the money.
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Their conundrum is that finish-line crowds represent a runner reward for finishing 26.2 miles.
As I wrote last week, The Master is already a front runner for Oscar gold.
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With House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) declining to run for a leadership post in the minority, the front-runner for Republican leader is the current majority leader, John Boehner of Ohio.
But although it has developed very elaborate tools for iOS app creation with its Software Developers Kit (SDK), its own software has never been a front runner in content creation for the web.
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But it would be embarrassing for the front-runner, and it might give a few party elders pause for thought.
Clive has taught adults in the workplace for 20 years and is a keen runner.
It was widely rumored that he was a front-runner for the award in 1912, when he died aboard the Titanic.
Four years ago, Marion was the runner-up for a Toyota Tundra plant.
Abu Ismail was a front-runner for the presidency until he was disqualified on the grounds that his mother had held U.S. citizenship.
I'm also a runner and look for ways to improve my performance.
Chastain is also a front-runner for the Oscar for Best Actress.
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Ricardo Lagos, a leading left-winger and a front-runner for the 1999 presidential elections, tells them that it is their duty to find out about political issues.
It is now considered a front-runner for the best picture award at the Oscars on Feb. 24, even though Affleck was not nominated for best director there.
Former Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United assistant manager Gus Poyet - the ex-Uruguay and Chelsea midfielder who is currently out of work - has also emerged as a front-runner for the Liberty Stadium top job.
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