Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tremendous physical talent notwithstanding, the graceful outfielder once battled fly balls as if they were his natural enemies. He forged a peace with hours of after-game practice and, with the same single-mindedness, learned to hit line drives. "People talk about the money I'm making, but I paid my dues," Parker says. "You don't get here without sacrifice, without playing ball eleven months a year for $500 in the minors and winter leagues. I may be a millionaire now, but there was a time when I couldn't pay my electric bill. One week...
Hammer--1. Lenz (H) 56.90 (186-8); 2. Ball (H) 52.74 (173-0); 3. D. Pellegrini...
...numbing rains. There was a barrage of uncontrolled slashes and illegal checks doled out by the Brown lacrosse team. And there was a game-tying goal by the Bruins with just two seconds left in regulation. But after all that, there was, ultimately, Harvard's Mike Ward punching the ball in the Brown net 2:50 into sudden-death overtime to give the Crimson a dramatic, 13-12 win at the Business School field Saturday...
Then came the fireworks. Predun found sharpshooter Mike Faught in the slot and Faught laid a perfect feed into the stick of Ward, who faked high and dropped the ball past Brown goalie Charlie Meister. Seven of the ten Harvard players were involved in the extraordinary fast-break...
...defenseman left me, so there were two guys on Faught." Ward said just seconds after the tally. "I cut to the ball and Faught made a beautiful pass...