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...best baseball of the season. Swinging free, Amos Otis, who passes as the team's slugger, by last week was hitting .299 and had driven in 95 runs. Says he: "I see which way the flag is blowing and swing accordingly. If it's not blowing, I bunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Can Nice Guys Finish First? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...suitable ending for Jackson's perfect night at the plate (3 for 3, two walks). His only sour moment came in the seventh, when he got picked off second base while trying to get a good jump on a missed bunt by Chris Chambliss...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Yankee Bats Clobber Kansas City, 7-1 | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

...talking about desperate efforts--the kind of play you make when you believe it may be your last. Scott picked off choppy grounders all night, combining nicely with Tiant twice for outs. Fisk hopped on a fifth-inning bunt, twisted around and whipped the ball to first with scarcely a look to douse a Tiger scoring...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rejuvenated Sox Topple Tigers, 5-2 | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...their best scoring opportunity in the first. Burleson led off with a single and Remy beat out a bunt, but Rozema struck out Rice, Carl Yastrzemski grounded out, and the Tigers were rolling...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Red Sox Shelled, 12-2, Trail by Two | 9/21/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson displayed none of the fine hitting the squad had shown all season in that contest, managing only three hits over nine innings. Jim Peccerillo's bunt single in the second was the only Harvard base hit until Rick Pearce and Chuck Marshall strung together a pair of singles in the bottom of the eighth inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: St. John's Batsmen Win NCAA Northeast Regional | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

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