Word: battering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, the B.U. runner's helmet deflected the throw away, and the next batter--West--blasted a double to center to score...
...batter sacrifice bunted, he got high-fived by his teammates. Few double plays were turned because the replacements slid hard into second base...
...Lefty-Righty, Righty-Lefty. Baseball managers make almost half their relief decisions in order to get a right-handed pitcher facing a right-handed batter or lefty facing a lefty, while the team at bat tries to get a righty to face a lefty...
...first two strikes, and meanwhile spends precious money imprisoning men past middle age, after most of them have been pacified by ebbing testosterone, free of charge. Of course, on the positive side, the law does have a catchy title. (How would the crime bill read if baseball allowed each batter five strikes...
Sean Berry came up for Montreal, bases empty. The calculations zinged through my head: batter righty; pitcher lefty; me on the first base side; open aisle on the right; tiny, insignificant brother on the left; room behind if needed. I had flippantly remarked two innings earlier that were I to catch a foul ball today, I could die a happy man--now, as always, I prepared myself for such an eventuality, and all the geometry favored my location...