Word: pete
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rarefied world of U.S. Senators, Pete Domenici, a third-term New Mexico Republican, is about as homespun as they come. While many of his smooth, well-tailored colleagues are chauffeured to the Capitol, the rumpled Domenici, 53, can sometimes be spotted commuting on Washington's metro, a loose tie draped from his neck, his furrowed brow giving him a look of perpetual worry befitting a hardworking father of eight...
...another great pitching duel--one of several for Harvard this year--Crimson hurler Doug Sutton battled Lion starter Pete Murphy for eight innings before Columbia scored with two outs in the bottom of the eighth...
...phantom baseball games, sometimes flipping ordinary playing cards. Nobody else was ever able to make much sense of it, but he could always see a diamond. "I was a daydreamer," he confesses. "When I'd step into the Little League batter's box, I'd think, 'I'm Pete Rose, I'm Al Kaline.' " For hitting two home runs in a forgotten spring-training game 15 years ago at Lakeland, Detroit's Hall of Fame rightfielder is Gooden's ideal still. "I just fell in love with him for the way he played that one game when...
...swift company of Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez. Seaver enjoyed the prolonged fellowship of Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan. Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry formed their club. Even Walter Johnson had Rube Marquard. "There's some safety in numbers," Tom Browning agrees. "Last year, when Pete (Rose) was drawing the crowds, I was left alone to get a nice quiet...
...Even a casual baseball fan knows that Aaron holds the all-time home run record, and baseball aficionados can easily tell you that Pete Rose is the all-time singles leader. But such renown has not followed the man with the most career triples. Ten points if you can name...