Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when Ty Cobb was able to steal only nine bases in a season and Wills had slowed down to 52, Brock looks as streamlined as he did a decade ago. He stands 5 ft. 11 in. and weighs a trim 170 lbs. Stop watches have clocked his dash from first to second at 3.5 sec., half a second better than the average baserunner. It is a crucial fraction. "It takes a pitcher an average of eight-tenths of a second to deliver the ball from a set position," explains the analytical Brock. "Add to that the time it takes...
...three for a hurler who pauses long in the set position or one-two-three for someone faster. On three, which should be the precise moment the pitcher has committed himself to throw home, Brock starts his dash...
...Stratford company, if it has not quite triumphed, has brought its subject matter to a worthy draw. It has avoided embarrassment - a small miracle in itself. The cast is good-looking in its various bathing costumes. A certain epic dash fills the air. What more could Shakespeare and that other scribbler...
Although Jackson's overdeveloped build leads to frequent muscle pulls-he sat on the bench for five days recently nursing a hamstring pull in his right leg-it also equips him with 9.6-sec. speed in the 100-yd. dash. But his game utilizes more than power and speed. "Reggie is a smart hitter," says the California Angels' Frank Robinson, one of only three players to win the batting triple crown in the past quarter-century. "This time you may strike him out, but next time he'll be waiting." In fact, Jackson goes to the plate...
...Maltese Falcon. John Huston's first, and arguably his best. 1940, with Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook, Jr. From the Dash Hammett novel...