Word: mounded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Schilling, rising like a rebuilt pitching robot, walked to the Yankee Stadium mound for Game 6. He permitted just one run in seven innings, silencing New York studs like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui. It was a masterful job--and a heroic one, with TV cameras focused on the blood seeping through his sock. It was so gory, it might have been an episode of CSI: Curt Schilling's Incision. After the game, though, someone discarded Schilling's blood-red sock, potentially the most treasured relic since Veronica's veil. It could have netted a bundle...
...team chatters more than they would at a regular practice. That’s why everyone overthrows everything trying to show arm strength. That’s why everyone—even if you’re a little hurt—takes the mound...
...After a soft grounder to short clinched it, the Americans hurled their gloves and piled up at the pitchers mound. But the sport's officials might not join the celebration. Softball has an America problem - Team USA hasn't lost in a year, and since only four countries (Australia, Japan, this year's bronze medallist, and China) are true competitors, the International Olympics Committee has threatened to drop the sport, though it's safe for Beijing in 2008. U.S. players don't understand the concerns. "I can't imagine being good at something as a bad thing," says catcher Stacey...
...last year of a standout career, Brotemarkle recorded a 10-11 record and an ERA of 1.93. In 138 innings on the mound, she struck out 134 batters, including a career-high 13 against Rhode Island. Her career strikeout total of 406 was the third-most all-time by a Harvard pitcher. Brotemarkle pitched in 11 of the Crimson’s 14 Ivy games, including the 20-inning marathon against the Tigers...
Bettinelli made the first-team list as a utility player. She hit .264 with a home run, six RBI and five doubles. On the mound, she went 9-8, held opposing batters to a .232 average, struck out 85 and finished with...