Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Lennon's autograph, Chapman was waiting again, this time in the shadows of the entryway with a gun. When the police grabbed him after the shooting, they found he still had the autographed album with him. He also had a paperback copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher...
...traditional Christmas splurge presents, everything from cameras to catcher's mitts, are hardly moving at all. Sales have stagnated for photographic equipment and hardware items. Toy sales in general have been weak this year. Concedes Douglas Thomson, president of the Toy Manufacturers of America, which represents about 90% of the industry: "Toys are the last thing to get hit at Christmas because parents take the attitude that kids should get a toy no matter what. Yet most toymakers now feel that they'll be doing well if they can simply break even with last year...
...York Yankees acquired Larry Milbourne, infielder, and a player to be named later from the Seattle Mariners for Brad Gulden, catcher, and an undisclosed amount of cash...
...Royals had trouble until the eighth inning, when they finally scored a run off Carlton. But for the second time McGraw managed to eke out a save, aided by an alley-oop catch by First Base man Pete Rose, who speared a pop-up bobbled by Catcher Bob Boone for a crucial ninth-inning...
...clinched the American League pennant in the enemy's ballpark and watched leads disappear in the first two World Series games before deafeningly partisan Philadelphia fans. Largely a home-grown lot nurtured in the Royals' farm system, they were glad to be back among friends. Said Catcher Darrell Porter: "We haven't heard a single cheer for anything we've done for a week. It will be good to get back to our park and our fans...