Word: batterer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kalyvas, who entered the game 0-1, was clutch for the Crimson. After walking the first batter he faced to load the bases, he calmly struck out the next batter and induced a fly ball to rightfield to end the inning...
...Rams led off the inning with a single to right followed by a run-scoring double to left center. The next batter singled to center moving the lead runner to third. Another base hit followed, and an error on the play by Huling allowed the runner to score from first, cutting the lead...
Umpiring behind the plate is even harder, because your mind begins to play tricks on you. You begin to root for balls and strikes, your strike zone shifts arbitrarily by batter, or even by pitch, and you start to make make-up calls, and then make-up make-up calls. One time I got caught dozing and a kid walloped a ball 250 feet. I looked up to see it tailing rapidly, about 15 feet above the left field foul pole. I suppose some folks would have called it a three-run homer, but I just called it a foul...
...spring training and resume his place as the team's leading slugger. Since he had hit only an empty parked car and didn't do any personal damage, except perhaps to his reputation, most Boston fans would rather forgive Vaughn for his transgression and return him to the batter's box. No harm, no foul (unless the Sox don't make it to the World Series...
...think I've been having more salad lately. but batter yet I think the whole community has been having more salad lately. Not only that, but it led me to realize that I could remake the dining hall...