Word: mounded
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...deck gyrations have become a Seattle model of cool, with little leaguers everywhere trying to keep their faces blank while contorting like pretzels. It is the fourth inning of a recent game against the Oakland Athletics. Lefthander Barry Zito, winner of nine straight games, is on the mound for the A's. As he prepares to step in, Ichiro betrays no awareness that he's enduring his longest drought?0 for 13?of the season. No, as always, Ichiro spends his time running through at least six different stretches. "Same thing every time," says Mariners outfielder Charles Gipson. "He never...
...story of Whitton’s 2002 season does not read like a fairy tale where everything goes right in the end. The sole junior on a young Harvard team with 15 freshmen and sophomores, she had hopes of helping Harvard both on the mound and at the plate. She did lead the Crimson in both ERA and hitting through March, but tendonitis put her pitching career on hold...
Whitton never took the mound again for the rest of the season, instead focusing her energies where she could do the most to help the team—at the plate...
...wooded roadside area in Maple Valley, Wash. She had been strangled with fishing line. A paper sack had been pulled over her head, a trout had been placed on her neck and another on her shoulder; a wine bottle was left on her belly, and there was a mound of sausage near her body. Police speculate that the strange scene could have been a twisted biblical reference to the Last Supper. They also suspect that the killer was mocking them by making a tableau out of the victim...
Hordon’s start against Rice (48-11) was his first in over a month. The sophomore had injured his shoulder while sliding against Brown back in the middle of the Red Rolfe Division stretch run. When healthy, Hordon had enjoyed a superb year on the mound for the Crimson with a 1.61 ERA in four starts...