Word: kranepool
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Then they snapped out of it. They whipped the poor Padres four straight and took five of six tumultuous games from two of the Western Division's toughest teams, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Said First Baseman Ed Kranepool: "We've come back from the dead again...
...walked away muttering "I never even saw the ball." One after another, the Mets paraded to the plate; one after another, they slunk back to the dugout. Third Baseman Charlie Smith struck out three times and sighed: "Nobody has ever pitched a baseball faster." First Baseman Ed Kranepool, the Mets' only .300 hitter, insisted-with a tendency toward the cliche-that "Maloney should be in a league by himself." After nine innings, all the Mets had to show for their efforts was a walk-and no runs, no hits, and 15 strikeouts...