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Word: bunt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard had loaded the bases with one but when John Dockery caught the Lion defense off balance with a perfect bunt. Neil Houston scored easily from third and Columbia pitcher George Bunting left holding the ball when no one bothered to cover first. Jeff Grate repeated the maneuver, with Joe O'Donnell barrelling in from third...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Nine Nips Lions, 10-9; Bows to Army | 5/9/1966 | See Source »

...Crimson got only five hits off Cushmore, but Princeton's output was particularly embarrassing in view of their 13-8 pasting of Brown the day before. The two hits--a line shot into right by Cushmore and a bunt by Biondi--came consecutively in the third, but McCandlish retired the side on a strikeout and a popup...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: McCandlish Shuts Out Tiger Nine; Dockery Stars in 3-0 Crimson Win | 5/2/1966 | See Source »

...field, the intermittent rain didn't prevent the Crimson defense from playing an errorless game. In the second inning, a spectacular barehand play by third baseman Jim Tobin on a Cornell bunt and a pickoff throw to second base by catcher Joe O'Donnell nullifield two singles, a balk, and a walk, killing the Ithacans' only potentially big rally. Box Score ab r h rbl Dockery, lf 4 1 1 0 Neville, cf 3 0 2 1 Grate, ss 4 0 0 0 Hootstein, rf 4 1 1 0 Tobin, 3b 2 0 0 0 Welz...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Baseballers Post 3-1 Win | 4/25/1966 | See Source »

more like that. A neat bunt, please; a cloud-breaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 28, 1966 | 1/28/1966 | See Source »

Only four teams in history have won the series after being behind 2-0. But it never occurred to the Dodgers to worry. They were too busy being happy about going back to their own carefully tailored ballpark, with its concrete infield, bunt-favoring baselines and hard-to-reach fences. To celebrate that (and Owner Walter O'Malley's 62nd birthday), Pitcher Claude Osteen-an American League castoff whose lifetime record against Minnesota is 6-0-shut out the Twins on five hits. The Dodgers pounded a succession of Minnesota pitchers for ten-including five doubles. Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Home, Sweet Home? | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

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