Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clinched the American League pennant in the enemy's ballpark and watched leads disappear in the first two World Series games before deafeningly partisan Philadelphia fans. Largely a home-grown lot nurtured in the Royals' farm system, they were glad to be back among friends. Said Catcher Darrell Porter: "We haven't heard a single cheer for anything we've done for a week. It will be good to get back to our park and our fans...
...play, but his battered shoulder may reduce the junior's utility. Halfback Paul Scheper is still out, so the pressure is on senior halfbacks Paul Connors, who has not yet had the long-awaited big game, this year, and Tom Beatrice, who has been most effective as a pass catcher...
...roll an orange toward the emergency exit at the rear, which she usually manages to hit. When she is not along, Reagan takes over the routine and converts it into an act. Sometimes he is a bowler, sometimes a football player, frequently a pitcher squinting toward an imaginary catcher, shaking off sign after sign, going into a full windup before finally releasing the orange, which almost never hits the exit...
...Royals tallied first. Amos Otis, in his first appearance at the plate in a World Series, knocked rookie Bob Walk's offering over the left field fence with none out in the second inning, bringing in catcher Darrell Porter who had walked, and giving Kasas City a 2-0 lead...
...Montrealers were a team of nobodies that came out of nowhere to capture hearts far beyond city limits. Indeed, les Expos have given an entire nation la fièvre de baseball. Led by Gérant (Manager) Dick Williams, and sparked by the hot bat of Receveur (Catcher) Gary Carter, the Expos have overcome a blizzard of injuries, able to field their starting lineup only a couple of dozen times during the entire season...