Word: innings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last week's final inning, Jimmy Carter had a better record against Congress than people had expected of him at the beginning of the year. He had several solid hits, a few home runs and not all that many strikeouts. How the batting went on some of the major issues...
...duel that will be remembered in baseball lore. Two men, symbols of two very different baseball philosophies, fought a ninth-inning battle for the second game of the 1978 World Series. One was the best pressure hitter that money could buy, the New York Yankees' Mr. October, Reggie Jackson. The other was the finest young fastballer that the sport's best farm system could produce, the Los Angeles Dodgers' new Mr. Koufax, 21-year-old Rookie Bob Welch. For seven minutes of exquisite tension, nine sizzling pitches and six whooshing swings...
...fourth game was a searing drama of pitcher vs. hitter, mano a mano. Bob Welch came into a 3-3 game in the eighth inning and once again blew heat past the big Yankee bats. Six New Yorkers went down in order...
While he wouldn't us the Reggie Jackson-basepath incident in Game 4 as an excuse. Lasorda still ws steaming ovesr the call. The Dodgers claimed Jackson had interfered with a throw on a potential double play and the incident costs them a vital run in their extra-inning loss...
...Yorkers tacked on an insulting final run in the eighth inning and headed for the plane back to Los Angeles where they will resume their quest for a second consecutive world title tomorrow night...