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Word: bunting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...July 18, 1978, Jackson ignored Martin's instructions to bunt in a game. Jackson was suspended for five days. Martin continued to show anger at his star player and on July 23 at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Martin said of Jackson and Steinbrenner: "One's a born liar; the other's convicted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Martin Returns to Manage Yankees for Fifth Time | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

...first batter tried to bunt him, as the first batters often do. Abbott is a genius at transferring his glove back and forth, but seeing is hardly believing. He smartly fielded first the bunt and later the question about it. "The way I look at it, if a hitter is weak on the inside, that's where I'm going to pitch him. If they think I can't field, I don't blame them for trying to bunt." In a five-inning stint, Abbott allowed the Nicaraguans just three hits, and they were beaten 18-0. Those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heavy Harps and Pan Am Heroes | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...Rose fouled off bunt attempt for called third strike; pitcher was Gene Garber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1987 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz | 4/14/1987 | See Source »

...inevitable test, however, came in the form of the bunt: opposing teams leaped at the chance to push the ball towards the mound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Determined Mounds-keeper | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...Switzer popped up a sacrifice in the third inning, and his bunt attempt in a similar situation in the fifth forced the lead runner at third...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Engineers Slide as Batsmen Rule Twinbill | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

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