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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...throw from a considerably different perspective from that offered by television. You can see the whole trajectory, watch the ball go all the way to its destination, without the distraction of a change of cameras for a close-up of the play at the plate. So Fred Lynn's throw sailed home, seemed to hesitate at its apogee, and landed in Carlton Fisk's fat glove about a foot above the plate. The Detroit baserunner--whoever he was--never had a chance...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Stillness in Centerfield | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

When the umpire called the play at home, Lynn jumped in the air with an exuberant wave of his arm, not so much in triumph as in pure joy. Fred Lynn was having...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Stillness in Centerfield | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

BOSTON--The Boston Red Sox stars, outfielder Fred Lynn and catcher Carlton Fish, have filed as free agents, the Boston Globe reported yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

Leonard Bernstein insisted that he was entirely too young for this sort of award. "What do they mean by 'lifetime achievement?' " asked the 62-year-old composer-conductor. "I'm just beginning." Onetime Stage Queen Lynn Fontanne had no such quibble; she turned 93 on the evening she joined Bernstein, Actor James Cagney, 81, Choreographer Agnes de Mille, 71, and Soprano Leontyne Price, 53, in receiving a coveted Kennedy Center honor for career achievement in the performing arts. At weekend-long festivities that included a musical tribute at the Kennedy Center, star-struck Washingtonians clustered around such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 22, 1980 | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...graceful gyrations and tenacious mits of wide receivers Lynn Swann and John Stalworth have been badly missed this season. The Bradshaw-to-Swann combination has been for many seasons the biggest punch on the Steeler offense...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: There Is No Joy in Mudville Today | 12/12/1980 | See Source »

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