Word: backstop
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Most of the snow is gone except for a pile by the backstop. The grass is a curious patchwork of light shades of brown and green. Somehow one can't imagine players in clean white uniforms charging out onto the green to start their seasons in just a month...
...Backstop Scheme. Some insurance officials feel that D.C. Superintendent Wallach let the situation drift too long before taking action. Says one executive: "It's inconceivable that a company of GEICO's size could run up such a loss in one year without Wallach saying 'Hey, fellas, what's going on here?' " In May GEICO directors ousted Chairman Norman L. Gidden, 59. New Chairman John J. Byrne, 44, has pulled GEICO out of New Jersey-a dismally unprofitable state-and pledged to trim by 20% the 2.4 million auto policies in force (there...
Knoll, who went two-for-three with four RBIs, crossed the plate in the fourth after collecting a two-base walk. Ball four got away from Husky catcher Steve McKinnon and rolled to the backstop, allowing the hustling Knoll to move into scoring position. Pete Bannish brought him across the plate one out later with a single...
McInally stood up and placed a soccer ball about 20 feet in front of the green baseball backstop next to Watson Rink. He studied the ball for an instant, then flung his lanky frame at it, arms and legs flying in clutzy precision. THWACK! His foot hit the ball. THUD! The ball hit the wooden backstop and bounced back to McInally. He frowned...
...Quaker backstop Bill Tuman is also one of the top men this year in hitting, banging out hits with a .389 regularity. Glenn Partridge, at .341, is another of Penn's big offensive threats...