Word: batted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Americans together. Although his vision is steeped in sadness, it is equally rich in humor and wonder at the everyday joys of living, from the umpteenth retelling of a beloved family anecdote to a mock- scandalized peek through the window at the neighbors, from the swing of a baseball bat to the cradling of a newborn child. Like the blues music he threads through them, his plays transcend ethnicity. Playgoers of any race who come as emotional tourists depart realizing they have seen themselves reflected onstage...
...Elizabeth Crowley didn't need a blanket to wrap around her bat, and starting pitcher Lora Rowning's arm was all the heat she needed...
...here's how things stood as the Red Sox headed off the field, two runs down: Jim Rice was due up fifth in the bottom of the tenth. That projected to two outs, two runners on and Rice at bat with the game on the line...
...never seen him before and I hit a homerun off him," Trammell said. "I got the good part of the bat on the ball and it went...
...grew up in East Cleveland. My father and I went to Indians games twice a week. (My mother, who is quick to abandon losing causes--she shunned George McGovern early in 1972--occasionally accompanied us.) I went to Bat Day, Ball Day, Photo Day, Parka Day, Frisbee Day, Fire works Day, Book Bag Day and any other days the Indians' publicity department devised...