Word: homering
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When Bill Crowell unloaded a homer in the sixth off reliever Mark Linehan, the Crimson's chances looked very poor, to say the least...
Thomas De Quincey's mother, who ought to have known one when she saw one, called the infant Thomas Babington Macaulay a "baby genius." From the age of three, "Clever Tom" was a compulsive reader whose idea of a wild childhood game was to act out Homer, reserving for himself the role of Achilles. At six, the future author of the five-volume History of England was at work on a compendium of world history...
...Pierre clouted a two-run homer over the left field fence in the fifth and Leigh Hogan's sixth inning sacrifice fly knocked in LaCivita to up Harvard's lead...
Boston's Rick Wise blanked the Yankees on four hits until the sixth, when Bobby Murcer's lead-off single and Ron Blomberg's second double of the game touched off the big inning. Medich lost his bid for a shutout when Bernie Carbo his second homer of the season, with two out in the ninth...
...went on to lose the game. "That kind of takes the edge off it," Aaron conceded. "Come around after we've won and I'll show you a celebration." No doubt. But he will celebrate after the next home run, even if the Braves lose. Each successive homer now sets a new record. Given the Hammer's opening-day form, he will likely nail the mark so high that it will take at least another 40 years for some other slugger to reach...