Word: bunts
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Freshman Jenny Franzese dropped a good bunt down the third-base line, and junior Sue Traub beat the throw to the plate. However, B.U. catcher Elaine Schwager blocked the plate and applied...
...refused efforts to direct him to the Polish consulate or the United Nations before killing himself, said the other Red Cross worker, Debra Bunt...
...Cross office, at 630 Third Ave., is a small one, housing only a few staffers and generally dealing with natural disaster relief. Petersen and Bunt were the only workers there when the self-immolation occurred...
...religion. "Baseball is a beautiful thing," says sportscaster Bob Costas. "The way the field fans out. The choreography of the sport. The pace and rhythm of it." Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York and a ^ former minor leaguer, praises baseball's celebration of community, symbolized by the sacrifice bunt: "Giving yourself up for the good of the whole -- that's Jeremiah, that's thousands of years of wisdom." Political commentator George Will sees the sport as ideally suited to our democratic nation: "Democracy is government by persuasion. That means it requires patience ... Baseball is the game of the long season...
...given the same sense of moment. Hard-hitting Mel Ott, we're told in portentous tones, was "so feared at the plate that he was once intentionally walked with the bases loaded." Negro League star "Cool Papa" Bell was "so fast he once scored from first on a sacrifice bunt." Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks was "so fond of playing that he liked to say, 'Let's play two."' It may be a game of finesse, but Baseball swings for the fences on every pitch...