Word: bases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sometimes, men were sent in with long clubs to break the bull's legs so that he could be hauled out by mules. Or the peones, or the matador himself, would lure the bull up to the inner fence where an accomplice could jab a dagger into the base of his skull. In Madrid, as a last resort, a pack of hunting dogs is used to weary the animal...
Crimson pitcher Gerry Emmet had a rather easy time with the Blue opposition for the first eight innings, allowing only six hits and three runs, all unearned. But he seemed shaky with men on base throughout the game, and in the ninth, when there were always men on base, this weakness caught up with...
Mike Schumann and pinch-hitter Ron Cheney led off with scratch singles. Then Dick Morrison, attempting to sacrifice, bunted a low, twisting pop-up down the third base line. Emmet made a head-first dive for the ball, knocking it into foul territory, and the bases were loaded. Clearly rattled by the play, the tall lefthander walked the next two batters, forcing in two Eli runs, before he was finally replaced by Byron Johnson...
...Hands. The Mazeroski magic with glove and ball has the whole league beguiled. Even "No Hands" Mazeroski himself can produce no practical explanation of his liquid legerdemain at second. "I don't really consciously even throw to first base," said he. "I just throw. I guess after you've done it a few times you just naturally know where first base...
...collar workers saddles industry with high fixed costs that reduce corporate flexibility. The payoff, says Wernick, will come in the future: "Industry hired its salaried professionals to keep pace with technology, to cut future cost and increase productivity. For the long term, such workers give industry a solid investment base to reduce future costs as it produces future products. It will be able to pick up very rapidly without increasing costs much...