Word: bouncers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...largely symbolic; as a jogger and weight lifter, he has the strength and endurance to repel invaders and shoulder his relatives' burdens. Characteristically, he marries the most imaginatively troubled woman in the book, a rape victim who spends many angry years in a bear suit as a bouncer at a brothel...
...fielding behind him helped. Allard made a nice grab of a Gene Doucette liner in the first inning to save a hit, and second baseman Gaylord Lyman picked up a bouncer that had glanced off of Brown's glove, tagged a runner advancing from first and threw to Martelli for a sparkling double play to end the fifth...
...When Brandeis loaded the bases without a hit in the second, Curtin got Dwayne Follette to ground to Bauer, who started the twin killing with a flip to Lyman. When the southpaw walked Ray DiCarlo with nobody out in the third. Bauer was there again to scoop up a bouncer and shovel to second...
...third batter, Carlton Fisk, ambled out to the plate. Immediately the stands erupted to give the former Red Sox catcher a loud standing ovation. A few fans booed. Fisk, batting against the premiere Red Sox pitcher and a man he has caught for the past three seasons, hit a bouncer to Eckersley, who routinely threw him out. Eckersley retired the side by striking out Greg Luzinski...
...sixth, with a pair of walks dancing off first and second and Harvard nursing a 3-0 lead. Brown helped himself out by flagging down a bouncer and flipping to Bauer to start another double play. After a four-run seventh (highlighted by Donnie Allard's two-run double) provided a cushion. Brownie wrapped up the shutout in short order in the final frame...