Word: battered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pitcher Don Sutton struggled with his control at the start of the season, yet he has won twelve games, against nine losses, mixing up curves and fastballs that leave batters fuming. First Baseman Steve Garvey, ramrod straight in the batter's box, the Jock Armstrong of baseball, has had that regular Garvey year: M.V.P. in the All-Star game, hitting .289, with 84 runs batted in. Rightfielder Reggie Smith, who has been alternately brooding or brilliant in the past for Boston and St. Louis, is now a happily artful Dodger. He has a tremendous arm, a pulverizing...
...itself into pent-up silence, awaiting the pitch of the season. The sweat was pouring down from Bobby's brow, flooding his eyes and blurring his vision. He stepped off the mound to wipe his forehead; George Foster rolled his eyes with impatience and disgust, stepping out of the batter's box and shaking his bat about like a mean club. The fans were vibrating with tension...
Alas, you won't be able to see Boston's other league-leading team, the Lobsters of the World Team Tennis League. All the Lobsters, you see, are cavorting at Wimbledon, where some of them will be steamed, de-clawed, and served with drawn batter...
...Harvard ninth Brandeis second baseman Brian Isaac returned the favor when he allowed lead-off batter Kelley to reach on his error. Stenhouse then moved pinch-hitter Bobby Jenkins to third as he followed with a single, and then Peccerillo pushed the tying run across with his sacrifice fly to left...
...feel bad for Hendricks, though. The one to feel sorry for is the next batter, Bruce Shepherd, the intended victim of this strategy. Actually, you can understand why the Dudley hurler, who wishes to remain anonymous for reasons that will be readily apparent when I continue with this story, preferred to face Shepherd, a cocky Californian whose fielding average is lower than his batting average and whose credibility rises and falls with the price of stock in Del Webb...