Word: batted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was a plastic bat and a plastic ball, a thick slate plate, and a chalk batters box. At Jon's house, we used to play hard ball--until Jon fouled one back through his kitchen window. Then we had to play whiff there...
...must have replayed the '78 Yankees-Red Sox playoff game at least 20 times. Whenever it was Bucky Dent's turn in the late innings, Jon would intentionally foul one off so he could claim he broke his bat. Then he would go get one of the spare bats which wasn't his and attempt to re-create the homer. It never worked...
Fern was the first to advance the runners; in the sixth, he tried to avoid an inside pitch by reliever Ed Toland, but the ball happened to strike the bat and landed in fair territory for an eventual sacrifice...
This Batman does not joke. This Batman does not have bat-devices for every conceivable need--he carries pain killers and ampules of nerve gas. He is vicious, self-destructive, haunted by the memory of the murder of his parents--the source of his vengeful inspiration...
Lack of fulfillment isn't the only thing that haunts Pippin; the "leading player," alias the narrator, also dogs his steps, constantly popping in and out at odd moments to offer encouragement and advice. In that role, Katherine Robin comes to bat with two strikes against...