Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Williams' stake ($538,000*) was among the largest, but he had plenty of celebrity company: Alan Alda ($145,000), Mia Farrow (amount unknown), Barbra Streisand ($28,500), Barbara Walters ($28,500), Bob Dylan (who now has $78,000 more reason to sing of capitalist exploitation). New York Yankee Catcher Thurman Munson put up an unknown amount; Republican Senator Jacob Javits of New York, $28,500; Federal Judge Murray Gurfein, who wrote the decision in the Pentagon-papers case, $70,000. Most astonishing is the list of astute businessmen like Wriston who invested their personal funds. Fred J. Borch, former...
...himself concedes that when he greases the ball just right, it "looks like a forkball." His techniques are so refined by now, though, that it is doubtful anyone could tell for sure. He certainly will not face the kind of complaint that he received from former San Francisco Giant Catcher Tom Haller when Perry was first learning how to wet the ball. "Gay, please cut down on the load," Haller pleaded in the middle of one game. "I'm getting drenched...
...vaunted defense sprang terminal leaks. After an infield error and a sacrifice, an easy fly ball to center-fielder Leon Goetz turned a routine jam into a disaster. Goetz dropped the ball for the inning's second error, then picked it up and threw to relay man Rick LaCivita. Catcher Dan Williams couldn't find the handle on LaCivita's perfect strike to the plate and Northern Colorado had a two-run stake...
Right fielder Dave St. Pierre, third baseman Jim Thomas and catcher Dan Williams slashed two hits apiece, but Harvard was unable to push the runs across as Jakubowski worked out of jams in the second and third innings to escape unscathed...
...Jeff Cheek started O'Malley's nightmare, reaching base via an infield error, and was then sacrificed along. Ron Holmes walked, giving N.C. a two-on, no-out situation. Then Harvard centerfielder Leon Goetz dropped a fly ball and Cheek churned in for the first run when catcher Dan Williams dropped the throw home...