Word: battler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great American freeloader is a model of concision and balance. So are his pieces on James Joyce as "injustice collector" and "unfinished genius," Tolstoy as a "prodigy of self-inhibitions" and "self-indulgence," Yeats as a hero of "creative aging," and T.S. Eliot as a successful battler against will-sapping depression...
...Pitching: A strength. If Bill Larson continues to improve, he'll be all-league next year. Billy Doyle is a battler, Greg Brown a flame-thrower, and John Sorich's knuckle-curve a dazzling out pitch from the bullpen...