Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Insubordination has always been rife on Weaver's teams. He and Catcher Rick Dempsey act out their disagreements by throwing shin guards. "The only thing Earl knows about pitching," onetime Ace Dave McNally declared for all time, "is that he couldn't hit it." Weaver and Mark Belanger feuded for more than a decade, but Belanger stayed Weaver's shortstop by the grace of his bright talent until, near the end, the three-by-five cards dwindled for Belanger and eventually ran out this year...
...version of Billy Ball. Once on base, he is an electric offensive threat. When he leads off from first, infields become positively giddy, outfields flounder about like regional ballet corps, and pitchers are afflicted with tics and shudders. "You know he's going to go," says Angels' catcher Bob Boone. "The question is, which pitch...
...influencing how publishers tailor their texts. Says Barbara Parker, head of PFAW's National Schools and Libraries Project: "Censorship activity is so well organized that the only way to combat it is through an equal amount of organization. If 93% of a community doesn't want The Catcher in the Rye, that's O.K. That's a community decision. My disagreement is that in education today things are being run by vocal control, not local control." Snaps Norma Gabler: "It's a double standard. Those liberal elements have controlled the minds of our children...
...complete the third somer sault faster." The quadruple, by contrast, allows no such mid-course adjustment; once the flyer has released the bar and tucked himself up for the first of four turns, he is spinning too fast to correct himself. The burden of timing rests with the catcher. If any changes are to be made, he must make them, matching his swing to the human projectile hurtling toward...
Although a nylon net pre vents a fall to the ground, the dangers are considerable if something goes wrong. Both brothers could land on their necks or heads, causing injury, or possibly even death. As the catcher, Juan also runs the risk of a shoulder dislocation. To pre vent such accidents, the brothers have made their bodies into pieces of interlocking machinery: they play soccer together for agility, lift weights for strength and box together to heighten their sensitivity to each other's movements. Miguel is small, 5 ft. 7 in., and slim, as fliers tend...