Word: clutch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those precious seconds often expand to fill 12 commercials. Every big play demands a time out; each coaching strategem a countermove. Teams trailing by a significant margin throw up arching three-point attempts and play a full-court press. Leads change hands; clutch buckets take on anomalous importance...
Indeed, the game looked clinched when Harvard scored two more in the top of the eighth. With one out, Bingham walked and went around to third on a single by Farrell (3 for 3 on the day with a stolen base). After another base on balls, Blood delivered a clutch rope to right to put the Crimson...
...Gladys Storey, took up with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Though many critics dismissed Storey's claim at the time, it appears that more than a few of Dickens' Christmases past, after he separated from Wife Catherine, were indeed spent in Ternan's company. A clutch of Storey's papers has turned up in London; included are notes of a conversation with the author's son, Henry, in which he confirmed that the couple had a baby son who died in infancy and that Dickens kept a house and servants for his mistress. Says Massachusetts...
...BOSTON vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS: The best matchup, worthy of a semifinal at least. The Bruins took it to the limit against the surprising Penguins, but produced in the clutch. Rookie Ray Bourque, classy Rick Middleton, and time-worn Gerry Cheevers have provided the impetus for the scrappy squad...
...Huntington Avenue visitors scored solo markers in the top of the seventh and eighth, and set the stage for Santos-Buch's clutch eight-inning double...