Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Ernie Shore, 89, who earned a small niche in baseball history by relieving Babe Ruth on the mound and pitching a virtually perfect game for the Boston Red Sox in 1917; in Winston-Salem, N.C. Ruth, then a pitcher, walked the first Washington batter, then was ejected for arguing with the umpire. After Shore came in, the base runner was caught stealing. Shore retired the next 26 batters and narrowly missed joining the eight pitchers who have thrown complete perfect games (facing 27 batters) since...
Sinatra on the mound, and here's the pitch. A single-for Dean Martin, who could swear that "this was one of those moving fields. I ran to first base and it was gone." Having wrapped up a benefit concert in Atlantic City, N.J., the two crooners chose teams for a 3 a.m. game of Dom Pérignon-fueled softball. Frankie's Blue Eyes challenged Dino's Red Eyes, a crew described by Sinatra as "unemployed bartenders and those who failed the Alcoholics Anonymous physical exam." Despite the hour, 2,000 fans showed up to donate...
First of all, the ugly fat guy in the bullpen is back. Sporting a new mustache, Rich Gossage is once again catapulting 95 mph golf balls toward home plate. The only worry is that the Goose might trip and fall as he lumbers eagerly to the mound. George Steinbrenner has already built Gossage his own padded shower room and is considering strapping the playful monster into a 400-ft. baby harness to preserve his health and impeccable record...
...scene of the shooting, police discovered a .30-06-cal. shell casing on a grassy mound in a triangle formed by an exit ramp from Interstate 69, about 40 yds. from where Jordan collapsed. Three patches of matted grass were found in the area, indicating that at least one gunman had been waiting for Jordan with a hunting rifle. But the FBI refused to speculate about whether more than one assailant was involved. Police scoured the area by helicopter and on their hands and knees. They searched nearby trash bins and sewers and interviewed guests but turned up only...
When Jones took the mound, one member of the gallery of experts gleefully labelled him "the best in the East." But as the news of Cornell's first-game victory over Darthmouth diffused through the stands, the Crimson bats went to work...