Word: benching
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...their best when threatened most seriously. In the fourth and final game, the Yankees came briefly to life, putting runners in scoring position regularly for the first time. But the Reds' defense choked off Yankee opportunities when it mattered, and the Series' Most Valuable Player, Johnny Bench, homered twice, first to give the Reds the lead, then, with two men on, to put the game away in the ninth inning. The Cincinnati Reds were champions again, 7-2, four games to none...
...Rhode Island with the expectation of a close game, and got what most television executives would call a nasty slap in the face. With the score Harvard 38, Brown 13 in the middle of the third quarter, viewers were seeking entertainment elsewhere and the Bruin starters were on the bench looking for a place to hide. There was no joy in Browntown. Final score...
Perhaps because many of the substitutes were getting their first extensive playing time of the season, there was more visible enthusiasm on the bench than there has been in many recent home games...
Unfortunately, the new outlook on the bench couldn't change the all too characteristic play of the Crimson on the field...
...game ambled on through the middle and late innings until the ninth when Cincinnati fired their parting extra-base shots that insured them the championship and a 7-2 win. Bench's second homer, a three-run rip, finally spelled R.I.P. for New York...