Word: dugout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doubleheader was snowed-out Saturday after one pitch, and only the Crimson seemed ready to play yesterday. Manager Hollis McLoughlin gave much of the credit for the wins to the bench. "DcMichele and Thomas and some of the second team were going crazy cheering from the dugout," McLoughlin said...
...dispute flared in the sever??h inning when Hoag sent a line shot into left-center. Everyone but plate umpire Bill Allard thought the ball bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double. Allard signaled home run which brought Harvard coach Loyal Park out of the dugout screaming. When the row died down. Hoag was on second base and the Bruins let victory slip away again...
...three of us pondered Smittie's night. College Week III in Bermuda; like College Weeks I and II, is a seven-inning ballgame, and old Smittie was back in the dugout with a big head over whoever his opponent was. He was sorry to hear we hadn't scored. But unlike Daytona, there isn't that heightened sense of male competition in Bermuda. Of course, Smittie figured he was paying dearly for such services, to the tune of $45/day, so he deserved everything he could get. "Jesus, I really had to get my rocks off," he reflected. "Now they...
...Casa Grande, Ariz., meanwhile, the Lotte Orions celebrated a 7-2 victory over the California Angels last week by touching off a string of firecrackers in the dugout. Ranked as the strongest hitting team in Japan, the Orions last season had five men in the lineup who hit 20 or more home runs. Unlike the Tokyo Giants, who pride themselves on being "pureblood Japanese," the Orions have two gaijin (foreigners) in their murderer's row-Arturo Lopez (21 home runs), a former utility player for the New York Yankees, and Black Outfielder George Altman (30 homers), late...
...came home to New York. His long, carefully shaped locks, embellished by a partial hairpiece, showed to advantage on the Merv Griffin Show, and Joe made his singing debut with a creditably crooned version of Around the World. But he admitted that his heart is still in the dugout. "I love playing in the Astrodome," said Pepitone. "It's the biggest hair dryer I've ever been under...