Word: crisping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...home run race, got wins and bad Nielsen ratings by playing "small ball": by massaging the first run over the plate, and then another and another. Batters patiently waited for hittable balls and forced pitchers deep into the count. Coaches stressed on-base percentage over home runs. Everyone played crisp, robotic defense and opportunistic offense, waiting for the other team to make a mistake...
...holding the Eagles to only three goals, the defense took a lot of pressure off of the offense, allowing the Crimson attack to play a relaxed effective game. The offense returned the favor through excellent ball retention, crisp and accurate pass execution and smart shot selection...
...this intense arena of competition. Suddenly a shrill cry of "BINGO" eminates from the audience and a unanimous disappointed sigh permeates the air. The numbers are read back to check for cheating, as everyone waits with baited breath, hoping that this string of luck is only a farce. Five crisp 20s are quickly distributed to the proud winner, and in true Bingo tradition, the money is laid out over the remaining cards in order to bring luck during the next set of games...
...tournament got off to a crisp start forBlake with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Arizona State'sJeff Williams...
Wilford came out of the locker room firing bullets. His first play from scrimmage was a simple, crisp, five-yard out to sophomore wideout Josh Wilske. Then on second down, Wilford gunned a 17-yard pass to tightly covered junior wideout Terence Patterson cutting through the middle. After a six-yard run by junior tailback Chris Menick and another nice completion to Wilske, Wilford ran the ball himself to the 11-yard line, scrambling through a hole in the right side of the line...