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Word: pinches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never get thrown out-or he could try it on his own. Adam chose to go it alone and was nailed. In fact, the attempted steal failed so miserably that the team still hasn't recovered. God never meant for it to be so difficult. He sent a pinch runner, Jesus Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God's Muscle | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

...second hit of the game as he singled to start things rolling. He advanced to third on a walk and a fielder's choice by Tom Burke and came across the plate on Rich DeCristoforo's RBI single. Burke then scored on a sacrifice by Steve Kring and pinch hitter Mel Seibolt drove in DeCristoforo with another single...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Nine Whips Northeastern, 9-5 | 5/9/1973 | See Source »

...such teams as the Kakoola Reapers, the Acedama Butchers and the Terra Incognita Rustlers. Anyone familiar with the 4-F players of wartime baseball will sympathize with the 1943 Mundys. Their roster of freaks and misfits includes a one-legged catcher; a 14-year-old second baseman; a midget pinch hitter, "a credit to his size," who is reminiscent of the one Bill Veeck fielded with the 1951 St. Louis Browns; and an ancient third baseman who naps between innings. There is also a one-armed right fielder who, unlike the Browns' Pete Gray, does not even have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Name of the Game | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

Taylor didn't get much rest before the fifth as Malinowski struck out two while facing only five batters. Taylor tired after just two batters, giving up a single to pinch hitter Jim Thomas and walking Durso. Tufts reached into their bullpen once again and came up with Steve deMoraes, who allowed another six Harvard runs to come across the plate...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Batmen Wallop Jumbos, 17-3 | 5/4/1973 | See Source »

...sixth produced one run. The run came on a double play after O'Neill, who was in to get some work, walked the first three batters. By then it was hopeless for the Jumbos, but to add insult to injury, Dave St. Pierre, who came in to pinch hit in the fifth (coach Park was using his bench freely by then) bopped a two-run homer over the left field fence...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Batmen Wallop Jumbos, 17-3 | 5/4/1973 | See Source »

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