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Word: overarm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rocky was called to the rescue. Firing overarm fastballs and slithery, if occasionally errant, sliders, the reliever quickly retired the Tigers on an easy grounder and a fly to left. In the fifth inning he walked two men but left them stranded. He gave up only one hit, a harmless double in the sixth, and was taken out of the game in the seventh with 2⅔ scoreless innings to his credit. By then the Yanks had six runs of their own. They went on to win, giving Colavito, who ranks 15th among the all-time home-run hitters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Nobody Knocks the Rock | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

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