Word: barfield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goes. Once again, a capital case and a person's fate will be determined by a politician with a partisan agenda. In 1984 North Carolina Governor James Hunt was waging a fierce battle for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms. Meanwhile, another political battle was raging. Velma Barfield, a matronly grandmother convicted of murdering her fiance while under the influence of drugs, was scheduled to be executed around election time. Barfield had won the sympathies of religious and political leaders all over the world because of the circumstances of the crime and her conduct as a prisoner. Despite...
...third, Toronto's Jesse Barfield lined a single to left and took second as George Bell beat out a high chopper to the left of the mound. The runners moved up on Fred McGriff's one-out grounder but Cecil Fielder took a called third strike...
...high jump, Harvard's Chris Sullivan also scored a personal best, winning the event with a leap of 6.115 meters. Yardlings Mauricio Velez and Rob Barfield challenged each other in the long jump, taking second and third place, respectively...
Edward J. Barfield...
Baseball has also seen the emergence of players who were once considered "flashes in the pan." They are now the superstars of the late 80's. Who would ever think two years ago that Toronto's Jesse Barfield would lead the majors last year in homeruns with 40? Who would have said that Dodger second baseman Steve Sax would hit .332 in 1986? Or that Kirby Puckett would bang out 31 round-trippers...