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Word: elbowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mysterious leg infection, possibly from a spider bite, the Angels were deprived of their best player, Rookie First Baseman Wally Joyner, for the three straight losses. Confounded only by the ump in a nine-inning two-hitter, Nolan Ryan struck out twelve Mets not just with an aching elbow but for four innings on a sprained ankle. "A lot goes into getting you this far," Ryan said, "and so little keeps you from going farther...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sweet and Lingering Joy | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...tide is mighty, and it takes a big engine to hold a boat against it, especially a boat with nets down 12 ft. deep. And there is only so much room cross the mouth of the channel -- room, say, for 20 boats, elbow to elbow. So position is everything. The nets in front take the tide-bestowed bounty; the nets behind, on the lesser powered boats, scoop in what is left. If this were a democratic game, the boats on the line would drop back with their fill after a set time, allowing those behind a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Gone Shrimping | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...seemed an unlikely scenario early in the season when Candelaria missed the first three months because of elbow problems. But he went 10-2 with a 2.55 earned-run average after coming back in July...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candelaria, Boyd Match-Up in Game 3 | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

Clemens, pitching for the first time since being struck on the right elbow by a line drive last week, could not find his rhythm early on the clear, 50-degree night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Sox Blasted, 8-1 | 10/8/1986 | See Source »

...elbow feels fine and our bats will be there," said Clemens, who said he is recovered from a line drive that hit him in the right elbow last Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Host Angels Tonight; NL'ers Set For Tomorrow | 10/7/1986 | See Source »

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