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Cornell wrapped up the game in their next at bat when with two outs they exploded for four runs. A porous outfield allowed hits by Witkowski and Watzka to go for extra bases...
...chill, leaden afternoon nine years ago, Ted Williams came to bat for the last time in the final Boston Red Sox home game. As he had done so often in 19 storied seasons, Williams stroked a towering home run. Preferring to leave baseball as he had played it-with unsurpassed style-he retired on the spot...
...sort of. What Williams' tutelage comes down to is a brushup on the basics, a touch of inspiration and lots of positive thinking. "Nobody knows that little game between the pitcher and the batter better than I do," he says. At practice sessions, he stations himself behind the batting cage, shouting for Catcher Paul Casanova to choke up on the bat, commanding Shortstop Eddie Brinkman to "swing at strikes, dammit, strikes. Wait for the good pitch. And listen, the base on balls is a hell of a play." For the pitchers, there are lessons on what makes a curve...
...fourth inning, Cardinal Mike Shannon hit a foul popup, which Expo Catcher Bateman dropped for error No. 1. Then Shannon hit a grounder, which Shortstop Maury Wills let go through his legs for error No. 2. At bat again in the same inning, Shannon lofted another foul popup, which First Baseman Bob Bailey dropped for error...
...MAMMALS. Indiana bat, Utah prairie dog, Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel, Texas red wolf, black-footed ferret, Florida panther, Florida sea cow (manatee...