Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Schossberger, Harvard's leading hitter for the season, maintained her level of excellence and unleashed her hitting fury and defensive prowess, despite torn ligaments in both thumbs...
...start things off, on consecutive nights in Los Angeles, something close to the ultimate hitter's and pitcher's daydreams were played out in such implausible detail that it strained decency. The A's led in the ninth inning of the first game, 4-3. Had there been one out instead of two, two on instead of one, that would have been enough. But the win-or-lose situation was perfectly framed, as that stubbly spirit Gibson emerged from the infirmary to take his only hack on crippled legs that said home run or nothing...
...Captain Manda Schossberger, the team's best hitter, suffered an injury to her thumb in the second set that may force her to miss some games...
With the injury to Schossberger, the team's best hitter, Princeton's height advantage became an even more important factor...
...subject of tidy journeys, Oakland is the third straight team after Boston and Minnesota that Don Baylor has accompanied to nirvana. "It took me 15 years to get to the first Series," says America's designated hitter. "Now I wouldn't know what else to do in October." Still, he admits to feeling just a twinge of sorrow. "Especially in a championship year, you get close to the guys on your club. It's tough to move on." Not as tough as moving out, of course. And it helps to leave behind a little bit of yourself...