Word: bunt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ground single to center followed by a stolen base, a sacrifice, and a bunt single on the squeeze play. Meears went all the way, fanning six and issuing only two walks. Harvard threatened in the sixth, when Vin Morton doubled and went to third on an infield out, but was thrown out at the plate trying to score...
Although at five-seven he is the shortest man on the squad, one of his hits was neatly-dragged bunt. Essayan has survived Varsity competition despite the fact that his foot was crushed by a truck in high school and he now wears a reinforced right shoe during games. "Take it easy on that stuff, though," he asks; "it's pretty easy to overdo...
Harvard--Mannino walked. Sullivan walked. Coppinger beat out a bunt, loading the bases. Durant flied to Koerber after lining one just outside the left field foul line. Godin grounded to Loy, Mannino scoring. Gannon flied to Schlerf...
...hasty swing by feeding him slow stuff. "I just can't hit those nuthin' pitches," Jackie complains. Because he is the best bunter in the game, the Dodgers "cut him loose" at the plate (i.e., let him decide for himself whether to take, hit or bunt). He and Pete Reiser are also the only Dodgers good enough to be "cut loose" on the bases, allowed to steal without waiting for a signal...
...tried bunting down the unprotected third-base line, then reasoned correctly that Boston's Red Sox were not paying him $75,000 a season to bunt. He tried hitting to left field, and managed to poke three home runs over the left-field wall, but confessed, "It didn't feel natural." To make matters worse, Rival Joe DiMaggio was having a big season, and such talented johnny-come-latelies as Ralph Kiner and Jackie Robinson were making the headlines...