Word: bloop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pittsburgh scored the only runs they needed in the seventh on three unimpressive hits and a sacrifice fly. Omar Moreno reached on a bloop single with one out. Then shortstop Kiko Garcia, thinking double play, missed Tim Foli's soft grounder in front of second--generously scored...
Meanwhile, the Birds extended their lead as Garcia, who rapped out four hits on the day, knocked in a run with a bloop single that eluded Pittsburgh infielder Phil Garner. Centerfielder Omar Moreno picked up the ball and alertly threw to second trapping Garcia in a rundown...
...body very fast ("remember to snap your wrist" the coach always said) and popped the ball from his hand. It arced high high high and Foster, deceived by the apparent force of Bobby's wind-up and throwing motion, started to swing too early. When he saw the pitch bloop, he checked his swing and tried to begin again. But his feet were already crossed from his first effort and he hacked away spastically, twisting his ankles and falling down...
...Whose bloop single with one out in the ninth broke up Tom Seaver's perfect game against the Cubs in July...
...following night, the Reds won the seventh game and the world championship on a bloop single in the ninth inning. In the Globe, Gammons wrote: "She is in retreat this morning, Olde Fenway; resting. Her affair with Kismet fell through at the very last, and while it was good, it was not to be this time...