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Though he didn't outlast Tiger opponent Milt Wilcox (now 13-12), Sox hurler Luis Tiant whirled and spun for five strong innings, retiring in the sixth when Ron LeFlore guessed correctly on a Tiant hesitation-ephus pitch, punching it into the left field screens. Tiant left the game complaining of a slight muscle pull behind his left knee...
...Bobby couldn't throw much of a fastball, or a slider, or a knuckler, or a sinker -- but a change-up... Foster stood out there, and poised, waiting to pop like a firecracker. If Bobby could surprise him with a blooping, off-speed, curving ephus ball, he might just catch Foster off-balance. Anyway, the result could be no worse if Bobby pumped a mediocre fast ball right down the pipe...
...Thank you Don we have the major leagues' newest hero with us here tonight and tell us Sulli -- was the ephus pitch you threw to George Foster n the bottom of the ninth with two out and a man on third for real or was it just a fluke...
Many a grower, who feared that a bad crash in cotton might still be ahead, began mumbling ephus-iphus-ophus, a meaningless phrase that Southern crapshooters use while making a critical roll. Many a worried millowner and converter, hedging to protect heavy inventories of high-priced cotton, helped cotton down by feverishly selling futures...
After watching Williams hit Rip Sewell's ephus ball last week, Manager Steve O'Neill of the Detroit Tigers said flatly: "I call him the best hitter the game has seen. That means he's superior to Ty Cobb." At week's end, the new Ted Williams looked it, hitting three homers and bringing in eight runs in one game against the Cleveland Indians...