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Word: plate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like to score runs on walks when we still haven't exploded at the plate," Harvard Coach John Wentzell said. "We're still looking for that big offensive display, but it makes it tough when their pitchers don't throw strikes. It's hard on the hitters...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batswomen Deal Tufts a Jumbo Defeat | 4/18/1986 | See Source »

...visiting Judges grounded into two double plays, managed only four hits on the afternoon, and had a runner thrown out at the plate in the fifth inning and the potential tying run caught stealing in the seventh...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Crimson Batsmen Get Sloppy Conviction | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

...situation got so bad that left fielder Steve Pacheco battled to a full count in the seventh, fouled off a couple of pitches, but then remained standing at the plate long after ball four breezed by. It took Pacheco 15 seconds of staring at Crimson hurler Greg Ubert to realize that he had earned a free pass and could leave the batters...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Crimson Batsmen Get Sloppy Conviction | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK: In the Yale doubleheader, Catcher Jim DePalo went four-for-six at the plate while throwing out two runners and tagging out a runner who bowled into him, attempting to score...Harvard left 17 men on base in Saturday's two games...Through Harvard's 10 games, the Crimson has stolen 27 bases--led by DePalo with 10 and Kay with seven thefts...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Break Even | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...after being dormant since 1976. University of Alaska Geophysicist David Stone explained that the Mount Augustine eruptions, which shot ash eight miles into the sky, are loosely related to the earthquakes in that both are caused by the same "gross global mechanism": the glacial movement of the Pacific tectonic plate, which is inching north below California and diving under southern Alaska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geology: Shakes, Rattles and Rolls | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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