Word: bottoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Southpaw Janet Dickerman took the mound for game two and gave up seven hits in her first start this season. The Jumbos cracked a pair of singles in the opening frame to grab a 1-0 lead, but the Crimson rallied in the bottom of the first to score five runs off three hits...
...biggest plunger, having handed $50 million to a Houston- based consortium. The backers insist that putting money into drilling is a brainy idea, even though energy prices are in the doldrums. Insists Scott Sperling, a partner in Harvard's investment unit: "We're getting in near the bottom...
...programmers were always predictable, Hill Street Blues would have had a short life as one of the medium's more notable flops. Despite critical praise, the unorthodox police show settled near the bottom of the ratings after its January 1981 debut. But NBC renewed it anyway and then watched a remarkable success story take shape. First came a passel of Emmys (eight after its first season, a record-breaking number for one series; 26 all together), then a growing corps of dedicated viewers. People who claimed to watch little else on TV would tune in faithfully for the intricate...
...when Brandeis took the field in the bottom of the first inning it fielded an unusual line-up: four infielders, three outfielders, and two catchers. But Kelly Jo Williams, normally the starting catcher, found herself playing on the wrong side of the plate...
...replacement behind the plate, Kelly Vaughan, didn't have much better luck. When junior Sharon Hayes went to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning, bases were loaded with two outs and the Crimson up by two runs. Before she even managed to hit the ball, the bases were nearly empty, and Harvard had increased the margin to four...