Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opener had been a major source of concern for the Yanks before the game, retired the next three batters in order before George Brett led off the next inning with a bouncer up the middle that he stretched into a double when Mickey Rivers nonchalantly fielded the ball...
...whole Crimson team exploded in an ecstatic, 100-man modern dance routine at that point, and the ground-based UMass attack failed to play any kind of respectable catch-up ball as the clock...
...UMass did not control the ball offensively. Our defense held them and that was the key factor in the ballgame...
Though the Crimson defense performed without the services of linebacking standout Craig Beling for over half the game, the Minutemen could do little all day to achieve the kind of ball control they are known for, let alone the victory...
...evokes a giant of great animal magnetism, who could charm a barroom full of journalists or a playground full of children. But when Schoenstein Sr. sensed injustice, he could become a horse of a different choler. Once, Ralph recalls, he and a buddy were given a summons for playing ball in Riverside Park. His father happened along, tore the ticket into bits, and growled at the cop: "For Crissake, why don't you go after [Gangster Lucky] Luciano and leave a bunch of kids alone!" The policeman crept away...