Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...August 6, Baxter took the mound against the Niagara Falls Rapids and looked in at his catcher, Dan Hargis, for a sign. Hargis rubbed his chest. Hargis tugged at his equipment. Hargis crossed himself. Hargis did not, however, flash him one of the signs they had arranged before the game...
After about 10 minutes of Hargis' slapstick signs and Baxter's frantic head-shaking, home plate umpire Peter Funt, the host of Candid Camera, approached the mound. Smile, Bobby...
Having Ron Guidry on the mound was like setting up a tank ready to fire missiles at home plate--all strikes. "Louisiana Lightnin'" was tall and lean and liked to plow fields in his home state during the off-season...
...Texans have their eyes on Ryan too. The state's Republicans would love for him to run for political office. Though he has balked at such offers in the past, he may step up to that plate when he finally loses his blazing fast ball and retires from the mound...
...each game is exhaustive; his dedication to the game is exemplary; his no-frills personality allows him to focus utterly on the craft of humiliating batters. This regimen helped spirit him off last month's disabled list, where he had languished with a bad back, and onto the Oakland mound last week. A healthy mind in a healthy body: as simple as one, two, three strikes...