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...didn't swing the bat too well until the last few innings," Wentzell said...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Batswomen Fry Providence in Twin-Bill | 4/15/1987 | See Source »

Kelfer struck again in the seventh inning, only this time using his hefty bat rather than his precise eyesight He crushed a fastball over the 375 foot marker in left-centerfield...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Batsmen Bounced; Terriers Open, 5-3 | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...good pitch," Morelli said. "He [Kelfer] got the head of the bat out there and just...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Batsmen Bounced; Terriers Open, 5-3 | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...turned my attention down under, to Foster's, which promotes itself as: "Foster's, it's Australian for beer, mate." In the commercial, Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan was shown clubbing a fish with a baseball bat. Now, Hogan is an affable looking chap and the ad showed promise so I checked out the brew. I found, however, a serious flaw with Foster's in the size of the can. No matter how good the first two-thirds of any Foster's, it takes the better part of a day to reach the room-temperature dregs. So I nixed Australia...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Liquid Assets | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

Unlike football, golf has no heritage of slipperiness. Offensive linemen are encouraged to think of undetected holding as an art form. Similarly, a baseball outfielder is expected to hold trapped balls aloft just as if they were caught. In baseball, overt cheating -- scuffing balls, corking bats -- brings only winks, while the real appreciation is reserved for breaches in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play. Billy Martin waited for George Brett to hit a homer before objecting to the pine tar on his bat. The old Brooklyn pitcher Clyde King used to twist his cap slightly askew in hopes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Par Cut Off at the Knees | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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