0.9 - The Cleveland Indians' rating on Neilsen's "Sentiment Scale," making the squad the most hated team in the MLB. According to the scale, which uses various keywords to find out whether people have positive, negative or neutral reactions to different brands and products, the Indians registered a 0.9, two-tenths in front of the second-most hated team, the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees rang in fifth, while the Reds and the Astros were a surprise third and fourth, respectively. No squad registered a negative on the-five-to negative five scale.
.364 - Batting average for senior outfielder Stefanie Tong of the softball team. Tong, who had entered this season with 13 career at bats — all of which occurred during her freshman year — has made the transition into an everyday player nearly flawlessly. Most recently, Tong slugged the game-winning home run in a crucial 2-1 victory over Trinity which put the Jumbos in the drivers seat of the NESCAC East. On the year, Tong is second on the team with 16 RBIs and four home runs. She has started in 25 of the team's 28 games.
14 - The age of former Chinese Olympic gymnast, Dong Fangxiao, who competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Ten years later, the Chinese were stripped of their bronze medal after it was deemed that Dong was 14 years old at the time of competition, and not 16 as was reported. Dong had claimed to be born in 1983, but later dropped the pretenses and now claims she was born in 1985. The United States received the bronze instead.
13 - Total runs that the baseball team had allowed in its previous five non-conference games before getting blasted on Tuesday at home against Eastern Connecticut, 19-5. The Jumbos were also 12-2 outside of the NESCAC entering the game, but allowed 18 total hits, had four wild pitches and committed five errors. The 14-run loss was the second time Tufts had lost by that margin this year, the previous time on March 23 against Greensboro College.
50 - Amount, in millions of dollars, that Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox believes St. Louis Cardinals superstar first baseman Albert Pujols is worth per year. Recently, the Phiadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard signed a five-year extension worth $125 million total, or $25 million per year. Cox, though, is reported as saying that the Braves would double that record salary for Pujols, a three-time NL MVP. Pujols is in the final year of a seven-year, $100 million contract.
9 - Games, in a row, that the women's lacrosse team had won before it lost on the road to Middlebury last Saturday. After dropping two of their first three, the Jumbos then went on a tear, capturing nine straight with a potent offense that scored in double digits throughout the streak. The 13-9 loss to the Panthers, though, marked Tufts' lowest goal total since a March 20 loss to Colby.
