Word: bottom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...innings, he faced only 27 men-the absolute minimum. Twelve Phillies struck out, and the only one who reached base at all was Richie Allen, who walked in the fourth inning, was thrown out trying to steal second. With the Dodgers leading 3-0 and two out in the bottom of the ninth, Sandy faced Phillies Shortstop Bobby Wine. The first pitch was a ball, and Wine fouled the second off the leg of Plate Umpire Ed Vargo. Wincing with pain, Vargo called time out-and the tension mounted. "Play ball!" he finally called. Wine whiffed at a second strike...
Yale scored first, when left fielder Don Raymond tripled in the top half of the fourth and then came in on John Hunsaker's single. Harvard responded in the bottom of the fourth with a run on Tom Stephenson's bunt single, a well-timed overthrow to first, and another single by Gary Miller...
...bottom of the sixth, enormous bolts of lightning made the game some-what hazardous, and a heavy rain made it impossible to continue. After the sky cleared up briefly, the players rounded out the bottom of the sixth before an empty grandstand. YALE AB R H RBI Sewall, 3b 2 0 0 0 Bartlett, cf 3 0 0 0 Raymond, lf 3 2 1 0 Hunsaker, 1b 3 0 3 1 Levick, rf 2 0 0 0 Titus, c 3 0 1 1 Grasso, 2b 3 0 0 0 Cody, ss 2 0 0 0 Bourne...
...Turtle, Lockheed's odd-looking entry, is lens-shaped to allow it to scoot along the bottom like a flounder. After experiments with a small, self-propelled model, Designer Willy Fiedler decided that the lenticular shape, made of two strong metal saucers joined at their edges, is the best for the moderately deep ocean. It will resist pressure and have more maneuverability than a sphere. Dr. Fiedler hopes to use it to spy on fish and learn to catch them cheaply. It can repair damaged cables and bury radioactive wastes in the ocean bottom. Lockheed has high hopes...
Democratic in its savagery, the film takes equal delight in nailing down its hero. Aping his betters, he finally, ironically, proves himself inferior-faster, bolder, by necessity more resourceful, but at bottom just a greedy, churlish Jimmy who yearns with might and main to be known as James...