Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Talk to college students about panty raids at ol Eureka. Do a few innings of a World Series game on TV and ask endearing questions about what a "designated hitter" does and whether it's true that all professional athletes are drug fiends these days...
...effort to bolster the Crimson's blocking game--probably Harvard's least stable skill--Altman moved former strong hitter Anna Collins to middle blocker. Blocking is "something we haven't had a lot of time to perfect," Altman said. "Serving, setting, passing, and receiving came first. Anna has a lot of potential at blocker...
Milwaukee starter Pete Vukovich then threw one of the night's several errant pitches at Angel second baseman Bobby Grich, hitting him on the thigh Grich took first loading the bases for shortstop Tim Foli. Usually not a dangerous hitter. Foli managed to line a short single to left, scoring Eynn Catcher Bob Boone laid down a fine squeeze bunt, bringing DeCinces in. Vukovich escaped without further damage by getting left fielder Brian Downing to pop up, stranding two California runners...
Altman later praised the altered lineup--Cathy Wong at setter, Linda Lockhart and Ellen Schreiber as outside hitters and passers. Ann Diamond and Nina Henderson at center positions, and Kathy Yanelli as a side hitter...
...primary victory. To prove it she pointedly asked her father to stay out of her campaign. "It just about killed him to sit on the sidelines for a year," she says. But after her rancorous primary contest that split Tennessee Republicans, Baker permitted the family's heaviest hitter to go to bat for her. Says she, a bit defensively: "Dad is helping every other Republican running for office in this state...