Word: batsman
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...stance is early Abner Doubleday; the batsman is Captain Fantastic himself, Rock Star Elton John. All dandied up in a sequined white Dodger uniform (designed by Cher's own dressmaker, Bob Mackie), Elton had come to play a pair of concerts at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. In real life, of course, Elton has never swung a baseball bat in anger. "What I have played is a game called rounders," said the bespectacled singer. "It's the English equivalent of baseball and not nearly as violent. None of that sliding into bases and trying...
...stayed at home, though, as the Crimson mushed its way to 6-2 GBL victory thanks to a five run uprising in the eighth. Northeastern cruised into that inning with a 2-1 lead, but suddenly got cold feet (and cold gloves). Two hits, two errors and a hit batsman later, the Huskies had lost their 13th in a row to Harvard...
...tallied an unearned run in the fourth, but the amazing Mets responded with three runs in their half of the inning to put the game out of reach. Singles by Don Hahn, Bud Harrelson and Staub, sandwiched around a hit-batsman and an infield error, produced the runs...
...three Jumbos who reached base got there by virtue of a hit batsman in the first, an error in the second and a lone walk in the sixth. There were only two well hit balls that could have spoiled the no hitter...
...term comes from cricket, where a batsman who knocked down three successive wickets was awarded...