Word: batting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anything be done? Robinson is determined to try. At a visit to Chicago's Wrigley Field, Robinson lobbied everyone from managers to the organist and public-address announcer: Get those batters moving out of the on-deck circle as soon as possible; have bat boys ready in order to bring the batter a new bat if he breaks...
...working. Robinson says the average length of major league games this year has dropped 7 min. in the American League, 6 min. in the National. But will top-flight major leaguers like Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, whose at-bat rituals rival those of a Hindu mystic, really adjust to tighter limits on their behavior? Listen...
Lennon, who made the leap from the junior varsity program, became the designated long relief man, finishing 3-1 with a 4.03 ERA in 29 innings of work, allowing the opposition to bat only...
...maybe next time around, with one more quality inning in one more pitcher's arm, or one more base knock in somebody's bat, the Crimson will last to Sunday, as Walsh put it, "where the big boys play...
...that changed this season. Forst worked on his strength and conditioning all summer and improved his swing by practicing with a wooden bat, and it paid off in a record way. By the end of the year, Forst was in the five spot in the order, led the team in batting (.406) and RBI (39), held the Harvard record for hits in a season (67) and was playing on a 36-12 team that had won two games in the NCAA Regional...