Word: bunt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Holy Cross jumped away to a one run lead in the initial frame. Sheldon Kaplan caught Steve "Legs" Bucek napping and dumped a perfect bunt in front of him for a base hit. He moved to second on a passed ball, to third on a fielder's choice, and came home when Bob Devlin lifted a fly to center...
...seventh, the biggest chance for the Stahl charges to really got ahead was blown sky-high. They got the bases loaded with nobody out, and couldn't squeeze across even one run. Eckenroth singled, Carlton walked, and Bucek beat out a bunt to third; but Davis fanned, Forte added his bit by forcing Eckenroth at home, and Pierce, pinch-hitting for Roche, couldn't do much better than the rest by looking at a third strike...
...figured as favorites again-at 8-to-5 with the bookmakers. Their one weak spot, Manager Luke Sewell hoped, would be plugged by Pete Gray (up from Memphis), the most talked-about rookie of the year. Pete, a one-armed outfielding wonder who can hit some and drag bunt to perfection, looked good. Lucky Luke boasted that his Browns were stronger than they were a year ago. But at least two clubs seemed certain to give the Browns a real argument...
...ninth, the first Quonset man walked, and the next attempted to sacrifice. The bunt went to Wallace, who tried to get the man at second. The throw was wild and both runners were safe. Another attempted sacrifice was missed completely by Wallace and went for an infield single, loading the bases. A play at first and a long fly scored two runs for the Navy men, sewing up the ball game...
...Bunt Bungled. With the definitions are given the earliest recorded usage, plus examples, sometimes as recent as 1925. Sources have included books, newspapers, magazines, advertising materials, circus posters - but not the sandlots, saloons or ball parks. That the research was some what cloistered is evident when the DAE defines to bunt as "to stop [the ball] with the bat without swinging . . ." or avers that what gets bleached in the bleachers is the bleachers rather than the fans...