Word: gophering
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Exactly what game Brandeis was playing was difficult to tell. Their outfielders over-threw cutoff men, the infielders mishandled grounders and their pitchers served up gopher balls...
...opposing fans just by showing up--one of the tournament's highlights was having the Badger fans as allies in Friday night's semifinal versus Minnesota. As the clock ran down in Crimson's 5-3 upset of Wisconsin's hated archrival, the not-so-neutral observers needled Golden Gopher Coach Brad Buetow with caustic chants. With the Gophers headed for Saturday's 1 p.m. consolation game, the Badger faithful shouted, "Hey Brad, how about lunch tomorrow...
Most importantly, they helped rob Minnesota of any home-ice advantage. Only those who had donated money to Gopher athletics were eligible for Minnesota's allotment of tickets; those fans tended to be sedate alums, nothing to compare with the Wisconsin wildmen...
...Favorite Year" is 1954, and the narrator is Benjy (Mark Linn-Baker), a junior scriptwriter-cum-gopher on an NBC comedy show. His job is to keep an eye on the show's upcoming guest star, Alan Swann (O'Toole), a faded but still popular swashbuckler whom Benjy idolizes. His task is not an easy one: a man who keeps flasks of 12-year-old scotch sewn into the lining of his coat. Swann has a propensity for appearing on tabloid covers in morally dubious positions...
...feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years. As far as anyone could remember, he is the oldest player to hit a home run in even a quasi-major-league game. A surprised Warren Spahn, 61, the former Milwaukee Brave pitching ace who served up the gopher ball, confessed, "I didn't figure Appling could even hit that far." Said Appling, who these days coaches batting for the Atlanta Braves' minor league teams: "I guess these young fellows will listen...