Word: batting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first and most banal is that anything labeled inter-house is to be regarded favorably, if merely as a consolation to Mr. Harkness. Next there comes the consideration of the effect on the college. This should be beneficial if the debates do, as their advocates pretend, put the high bat on the bull session and conserve all the forensic skill hitherto wasted on the steps of Sever, in witching hour wrangles over the meaning of life, and to Jack the bartender at the Theatrical. Lastly, it is urged not without sound reason, many an unsuspected leader of men will first...
Every baseball fan has suffered at this spectacle: His team is one run behind, has two men on bases with two out, and its heaviest slugger at bat. A clean hit may win the game, which the opposing pitcher well knows. Hence, instead of serving a ball that the batter can hit, the pitcher throws four wild ones in succession, passing the batter to first base...
...contrary to the 14th amendment.* "The only persons who would get any good out of it would be the lawyers," he declared. "The whole thing is absolutely wrong. It goes against my Yankee common sense. . . . They say justice is blind but it is not as blind as a bat...
...game was not yet out of danger. In their last half, Washington filled the bases with one out and Pinch-hitter Cliff Bolton went to bat. Out from the Giants' bench raced Charley Dressen. a substitute third baseman who had not had his hands on the ball throughout the series. He waylaid Manager Terry. "Play back. Bill," he begged. "I know this guy Bolton from the minors. He hits hard but he's the slowest man in the league. Play him for a double play!" Astonished, Terry obeyed, ordered his infielders back. True to Dressen's word...
Again Washington made a valiant last stand. With two out. Manager Cronin singled, went to second when Schulte drew a base on balls. Kuhel stepped to bat. A single would tie the score again. A stiffer blow could win the game. Manager Bill Terry walked over to "Pop" Luque with a worried frown. Luque scarcely noticed him. "I get heem," he promised, and turned toward the batter. Plump!- Strike one. Plump!-Strike two. Plump...