Word: basepaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talking shop. And to see him--hear him--was to get the feeling that this baseball man will leave an impression much more lasting than spikes on a basepath...
First the Yankees used Graig Netttles's glovse to short circuit Los Angeles in Game 3. The came a whacky basepath controvesrsy taht supplied a key run adn led New York to victory in Game 4. Finally, in Sunday's fifth contest, the roof fell in on the Dodgers as New York sprayed 18 hilts around Yankee Stadium and Thurman Munson drove in five runs in a 12-2 rount...
While he wouldn't us the Reggie Jackson-basepath incident in Game 4 as an excuse. Lasorda still ws steaming ovesr the call. The Dodgers claimed Jackson had interfered with a throw on a potential double play and the incident costs them a vital run in their extra-inning loss...
...fact, they might have edited the maxim to read "Great" hitting will make any pitching look sick," for when the basepath dust had finally cleared after the second game, the club-thumping, ball-mashing Quakers from Pennsylvania had swept the Harvard baseball team in a doubleheader...
...just didn't make sense. After all the class and strong play the team had shown thus far in jetting to an 18-3 record, it would still be an uphill basepath to post-season competition. To the unobjective fan it seemed unfair, to the Harvard baseball team it didn't seem to matter. The ballclub was so uniformed in confidence that the challenge of the Eastern League was welcomed. There was very little now that needed to be proved. The freshmen had shown their consistent talent, Loyal Park had reaffirmed...