Word: bunt
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Buntism derives from Sergeant Matthew Bunt, a British Marine who was two years a castaway on an uninhabited Pacific islet early in the igth century. When prim Captain Overton of H.M.S. Achilles stopped by, Marine Bunt, greeting him on the beach, showed some outer symptoms of extreme Buntism-"a paunch that hung over the belt of his tattered drawers, and cheeks which shook." But Captain Overton did not recognize the signs. "Show me round your little kingdom, Sergeant Crusoe," ordered the captain, "the stockaded hut and the wheat patch and the goat pen, and so on. This promises...
Both teams went scoreless up until the sixth inning, when the varsity added one vital insurance run. Dick Fisher led off with a sharp single to left and moved to second on Matt Botsford's sacrifice bunt. After Bob Hastings had grounded out, Catcher Bing Crosby then hit a 3 and 0 pitch for a double down the left field line to drive in Fisher. Fisher and Crosby each garnered two of the Crimson's six hits...
...that the visitors hit as well as expected. They made only six safeties. But MacLeod was generous to a fault. Though he had good stuff, he walked nine, hit three, unleashed a wild pitch, and fumbled a bunt. His catcher, Bill Formosi, got into the spirit by committing three passed balls. The rest of the infield was poor, too, making five errors...
...Crimson scored in the third when Simourian walked, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and came in on Matt Botsford's squeeze bunt...
MacLeod went along adequately until the seventh, when he fell apart. He hit Stu Levine, walked Cleary, and fumbled Simourian's bunt to fill the bases. He then walked Bob Hastings and John Getch to force in two runs, and the game was effectively over two pitches later...