Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rather play a hard hitter." Fish said. "You don't have to worry about any tricky shots...
...left the Reds talking to themselves. "That guy can field a ball with a pair of pliers," moaned Rightfielder Pete Rose. "The only way to beat him," added Catcher Johnny Bench, "is to hit it over his head." Bench should know. In the final game, the Reds' cleanup hitter powered a line smash toward left field only to see Robinson make yet another spectacular diving catch. Reds Manager Sparky Anderson summed up the Series in three little words: "Robinson beat...
...supposed to be rugged, steely individuals battling the frontier for survival, then the match-up of pitcher and batter, catcher and base-runner, steely-eyed individuals all, is the nonviolent equivalent of the duel between sheriff and gunfighter. The language of sportswriting reflects the popular mythology well. Pitchers "tame" hitters, runners are cut down "stealing" bases, and a crucial is a "duel." But who can imagine a classic confrontation between an adulterous pitcher and a hung-over hitter? Or so the arguments against Bouton...
...guest threw it open to questions, we lobbed up fat, soft and non-curving batting practice offerings. Mailer, reading them as clever change-ups, lunged, missed, or popped to the infield. "What the hell," he complained, "I thought you Nieman Fellows were tough." One was reminded of a 300 hitter who, going 0-for-5 on a given night, charges the opposing pitcher with dealing in junkstuff: Mailer wanted a high, hard one he could rip over the Nieman fence. Nobody threw...
...victory gave the Pirates an insurmountable 41/2-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs, who beat Philadelphia, 5-3, yesterday on the strength of Ferguson Jenkins' four-hitter...