Word: battering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Segundo, Calif., suffered a typical fate during a recent match-up with him. Trying to protect a 1-run lead, McGregor gave up a bunt single. Brett stepped up. He nicked off five foul balls that were not quite to his liking. In between, he stepped out of the batter's box to talk to himself, a sotto voce monologue designed to keep up his confidence. "I'm hot," Brett informed himself, an assertion no pitcher would dispute. "I'm gonna...
...Otto Velez goes on a tear before Memorial Day, he has a chance to capture the Triple Crown, something no batter has won since...
With the score 3-2 in the eighth, Crimson receiver Vinnie Martelli laced a double to center, and advanced to third on a groundout. What followed can only be described as bizarre: as Smith came in with the pitch, batter Danny Skaff squared around to bunt, and Martelli raced home on the attempted suicide squeeze...
Stewart played two summers in the Cape Cod League and got a chance to prove himself in the batter's box one last time. He became the team's DH, after the guys who were supposed to fill the role didn't arrive on time...
Control is his mainstay and he relies on the four basic pitches--fastball, slider, curve and change ("It's my favorite pitch--it's more fun to fool a batter than just overpower him.")--to get the job done. The fastball is his out pitch, the one Wark calls for in crucial situations. Ron's always had a good hard, moving fastball, even in Little League...