Word: bagging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Freshman shortstop Mark Mager, who had been holding Yale designated hitter Tony Coyne on second, sprinted away from the bag toward third base as Lennon hit his windup, freezing Coyne. Second baseman Faiz Shakir slipped in behind Coyne, and Lennon wheeled around and promptly picked him off second...
...people invited her to dinner in Brookline, but she declined, knowing her target would be there. Instead, she put on a flannel nightgown, a red cape shawl, hiking boots, a black wig and a headband to make people believe she was a homeless woman. With an old shopping bag in tow, Hepps stationed herself among the bushes by the #66 bus stop. When the sitting duck turned to get on the bus, Hepps shot her in the back. One thing about Hepps, her kills never see her coming...
With runners on first and third, second baseman Matt Reiland attempted to steal second, slowing halfway. As soon as Keck threw to the bag, right fielder Patrick McKeon darted for home, beating the bullet back to the plate for a 3-2 lead...
...Sitting next to me were an amiable old lady and a little boy, busily discussing what coloring books they were going to use when they got home. She was holding a shopping bag from the Gap, and he was looking especially dapper in clothes that could have only come from Structure--clearly someone had made a successful trip to Harvard Square. I was charged with a different mission, and I embraced it. I was getting...
There are tricks of the trade too. Savvy bidders know how to swoop in to bag their quarry during the last few seconds of an auction (which can last hours, days or weeks). And certain merchants collude to drive up prices artificially. For the most part, overpaying at these electronic garage sales is the consequence of being too enthusiastic--just as it is with the old-fashioned kind. Caught up in the competitive frenzy of an auction, many people don't know when to fold their cards. Says Tim Brady, vice president of production at Yahoo: "Anybody...