Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesse Orosco came out of the bullpen and got Rich Gedman on a line drive to second, struck out Dave Henderson and got pinch-hitter Don Baylor to ground out to short...
...year, where the playoff victims are actually mourned and remembered. Because of a mysterious leg infection, possibly from a spider bite, the Angels were deprived of their best player, Rookie First Baseman Wally Joyner, for the three straight losses. Confounded only by the ump in a nine-inning two-hitter, Nolan Ryan struck out twelve Mets not just with an aching elbow but for four innings on a sprained ankle. "A lot goes into getting you this far," Ryan said, "and so little keeps you from going farther...
...Rosenthal does the great Don Mattingly no credit by debasing the competition of which he was a part. Mattingly is in all likelihood a more valuable hitter than Boggs, but to imply that he was cheated out of a batting title when the man who won it had over 600 plate appearances this season is just plain dumb...
Tonight's game will begin at twilight to accommodate television. That is not a hitter's favorite part...
...tough at the time, especially picking up the ball," Boston designated hitter Don Baylor said...