Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ruth's record this year is chiefly owed to Louis Gehrig. He too is a home-run hitter (47 for 1927). With Gehrig next at bat, pitchers dare not give Ruth a complimentary base on balls, hoping to dispose of his successor easily...
...Crimson spikers seemed happy with their I.A.B. debut. Yanelli attributed their success in part to t he fact that "everyone felt a little more calm and confident" than at their first two matches Tuesday night at Boston College. Hitter Gerri Rubin felt that they definitely "showed improvement over their last outing," when they dumped B.C., 15-1 and 15-9 and fell to American International College...
...film career and the creation of his screen personality. Associate Editor Walter Isaacson's Pro and Con (Putnam) is subtitled Both Sides of Dozens of Unsettled and Unsettling Arguments, and consists of 60 chapters on controversies large and small from abortion to creationism to baseball's designated-hitter rule...
...cannot believe you would put Reggie Jackson with the future Hall of Earners. He's a poor fielder, poor runner, a .269 lifetime hitter, and right now he is batting only .213. Sure, they call him "Mr. October," and for two weeks out of a six-month season he gets hot. But Reggie's nickname has become more of an insult than an accolade...
First, Home-Run Hitter Harmon ("Killer") Killebrew, then your twelve...