Word: lead-off
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...times at bat, score eight runs, drive in five more, hit two homers and steal eight bases in as many tries. On the base paths he drove Blue Jay pitchers nuts. Like Canseco, Henderson is hardly humble. "I'd say I'm the decade's best lead-off man," he declares. "If people feel I'm one of the best who ever played the game, that's nice to hear." Opposing players call Henderson a hot dog, and frustrated fans in Toronto bombarded him with frankfurters in left field to show their displeasure...
Harvard came back in the bottom of the third with one of its biggest offensive displays of the season. Prior again got things going by drawing a lead-off walk. Reilly followed with a bunt which produced another throwing error. Wambach tied the game with a hard single. Crowley then walked to load the bases...
...NOTEBOOK: Durand went 3-for-5 and McConaghy collected two hits in four at-bats...The Crusaders put their lead-off hitter on base in four of the first six innings...After Dutzer's sacrifice fly for the first out of the game, Harvard pitching held Holy Cross scoreless for eight and one-third innings...Both the Crimson and the Crusaders collected 11 hits...Ninth-inning action included seven runs and nine hits between the two teams...The Crimson will open its Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League season this weekend at Soldiers Field, with a doubleheader against Brown at noon Saturday...
...first game, in which the Crimson (3-5) edged the Huskies, 2-0, lead-off hitter Jim Caeran singled off Crimson hurler Greg Ubert (1-0). But the righthander recovered to no-hit Northeastern the rest of the way for a complete-game, one-hit victory...
DOLE. For persuading Reagan to invite him to the White House to announce his INF support and to the Senate to make him lead-off witness for the treaty...