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Word: pinchhitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...relationship between the World Series and the season that precedes it is often purely coincidental. A team that won a record 111 games during the regular season loses four straight to one that won 97. A pinchhitter comes off the bench to clout two pinchhit home runs. A substitute outfielder makes one fantastic catch, brushes briefly with immortality-and for years afterward, people ask: Whatever became of Sandy Amoros? But last week's Series stuck strictly to the script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Mr. Cool & the Pros | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

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