Word: cincinnati
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plenty big enough, and he has become one of the finest knuckleball pitchers in the game. Not only did he lead the National League in wins last week (18-9), but he had helped mightily to keep the surprising Houston Astros neck and neck with the powerful Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. Fittingly, Joe Niekro's closest competitor for victories in the league is Big Brother Phil, 40, who has won 17 and lost 18 for the last-place Atlanta Braves. (He has accounted for 30% of all the games the Braves have managed to win this...
...knuckleball floats free in the breeze, its trajectory altered by every passing zephyr. A gale wind in Candlestick Park or, it would seem at times, a cough from a fan in the front row of the Astrodome can change its course, making it the hardest pitch to hit. Says Cincinnati Reds Second Baseman Joe Morgan: "The knuckleball messes up your timing so bad it can put you in a slump for three or four games." Joe Niekro, who enjoys watching himself on video tape, adds: "It's flat amazing to watch what the ball does...
...England 20, Cincinnati...
...season of the festival, and a festival nowadays is a protean feast. It is a group of local notables trying to put clothes on live chickens in a contest at the Hamilton County Fair near Cincinnati. It is a baseball game at the New England Clown Convention in Salem, Mass., where no one knows who won because the bases kept moving and the umpire used a fire extinguisher to settle disputes. It is Cincinnati's Don Cook, who takes pride in being able to grow an instant beard by letting bees swarm to his chin. It is 102 vintage...
...month in undeclared income. Bob, a Santa Cruz, Calif bartender, declares his $5 hourly wage but not his $100 weekly take in tips. "You don't have to worry about getting caught," he explains. "It's your word against the IRS."-Jerry, a Cincinnati lawyer, provides "free advice" to an employment agency for domestics. In exchange, the agency sends a maid every week to clean his apartment-gratis. Jerry "makes" $1,500 a year in unreported income on the deal...