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...James calls "a Rizzuto Exaltathon." By now the "Holy Cow!" boy is better known for the sprung poetry of his patter on Yankees TV broadcasts -- and for his call of "backseat petting" on Meat Loaf's hit song Paradise by the Dashboard Light -- than for his great-field, great-bunt playing days. But even then, James persuasively argues, he didn't have the numbers or the earned renown of Pee Wee Reese, a Hall of Famer, or of George Davis and Vern Stephens, who are faint memories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Baseball: Willie, Mickey and...the Scooter? | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Huskies backed their pitcher up with a pair of runs in the first inning. Outfielder Ed Carnes, the first inning. Outfielder Ed Carnes, the team's second batter of the game, laid down a perfect bunt down the third-base line for a single, promptly stole second and then was driven in by a Derek Gauthier shot off the Green Monster in left. Gauthier, after stealing third, was then driven in on a Mike Glavine groundout, making the score...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Baseball Falls to Huskies | 4/27/1994 | See Source »

Later in the inning sophomore Amy Reinhard got on second base and was able to score on a Vermont error off a bunt...

Author: By Deirdre K. Mcnamer, | Title: W. Softball Strikes Out in Cambridge | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...Beach Boys were nearly undone by Smile and by the eventual release of Smiley Smile, a much simplified version of the original that Brian's lead- guitarist brother Carl Wilson referred to as "a bunt instead of a grand slam." The seven albums that the Beach Boys went on to release between 1967 and 1972 sold something like a million copies, total. Wilson retreated, becoming rock's foremost eccentric, a kind of beach-bound Sasquatch; the band struggled on, often without his participation, becoming largely a nostalgia act, a confection for sentimentalists and California dreamers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding The Crest Again | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

First, Levy grounded to second with one out, but Massachusetts second baseman Joe Mattivello threw it over first base for an error. Zarate reached first on a bunt single, and Hill followed with a single to load the bases...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Baseball: Nearly a Miracle | 5/14/1993 | See Source »

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