Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boomer gets in to histrionies. The naked Buddha routine is no doubt a part of this. His voice rises in pitch and volume, his eyeballs bulge and dart forcefully as he spells out his voint. And Sunday, he was bolder than usual, after driving in four runs on two singles, and beating a right field throw to second base with a chin-first belly slide. Kansas City didn't count him as a base-running threat...
Tyng teamed up with ace pitcher H.C. Ernst to form one of the greatest batteries in Crimson baseball history. Ernst, who in 1876 had twirled the first no-hitter ever by a Harvard pitcher, was adept at throwing the curve. The pitch had been developed by W. Arthur Cummings of the Stars of Brooklyn team...
Some baseball pitchers are bad boys of winter: they come in low and inside with their typewriters and tell tales out of the clubhouse. Jim Bouton perfected the pitch with Ball Four, and as a sequel ex-Yankee Sparky Lyle this season spikes up dirt about the world champs in The Bronx Zoo. Then there's Philadelphia Phillies Reliefer Tug McGraw, 34. When his arm is in the whirlpool, McGraw's mind is busy thinking up baseball fairy tales for children. He is working on one about a boy from the Bowery and his dog who both make...
...strike for three more days, and the situation grew even more tense. The Standing Committee on Afro made its first concession, dropping the joint-concentration provision; nonetheless, Afro continued to press its other demands, and the furor over ROTC, fueled by revulsion at the bust, continued at fever pitch...
Ahead 6-5, Marshall singled to right to lead off the sixth. Then, on the next pitch. Mike Stenhouse ripped a deep drive to center. Penn's Gary Ciccatiello caught up with the shot and threw to first to double off Marshall, who had been off with the pitch and was then standing on third...