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San Diego Padres Roster: 1998

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBTony Gwynn.3214616514816693Wally Joyner.2984395813112801Greg Vaughn.2725731121565011911Chris Gomez.267449551204391Quilvio Veras.2675177913864524Jim Leyritz.…

Brewer's: Frondeur

A backbiter; one who throws stones at another. “`And what about Diebitsch?' began another frondeur.” —Vera, p. 200. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Typhoons

Below is a list of the strongest and deadliest typhoons since 1900. Typhoons are cyclones that occur over the West Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes and typhoons have identical definitions. 1906…

Brewer's: Quadrivium

The four higher subjects of scholastic philosophy up to the twelfth century. It embraced music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. The quadrivium was the “fourfold way” to knowledge; the…

Brewer's: Veronica

It is said that a maiden handed her handkerchief to our Lord on His way to Calvary. He wiped the sweat from his brow, returned the handkerchief to the owner, and went on. The handkerchief…

Cortés, Hernán

(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Hernán, or Hernando CortezCortés, Hernán,kôrtĕzˈ, Span. ārnänˈ, ārnänˈdō kōrtāsˈ [key], 1485–1547, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Mexico. In Cortés's absence his enemies…