Word: pinching
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Starting pitchers John Tudor and Ron Darling locked up in a classic scoreless duel with Darling hurling nine shutout frames and Tudor hanging up 10 goose eggs before departing for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 10th...
Fifty-seven years to the day since Cobb pinch-hit and popped up in his final major-league at bat, Rose stroked a clean single to left center on a 2-1 slider from Eric Show in the first inning of a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. "You missed a good ball game tonight," Rose told President Reagan over the phone. For some reason, Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth and National League President Chub Feeney missed it too. Not only did Rose score both runs and make a defensive dive for the final out, but unbelievably...
...done everything in its power to put itself out of business." Dental schools, which were expanding until the mid-1970s, are now cutting enrollments. Total enrollment is down 20% since 1978, the equivalent of closing twelve dental schools. American dentists, once confident of a comfortable income, are feeling the pinch. As practices dwindle, costs of equipment and office space continue to rise. The lack of business is "depressing," says Dr. Henry Ramsey, 50, of Manhattan. "You talk to other dentists, and they're wringing their hands," he says. "Much as I love this work, I wouldn't go into...
...thing smaller financial institutions can do as effectively as the larger ones is create a frightening mess. Community Savings & Loan (assets: $443 million) of Bethesda, Md., demonstrated as much last week by getting into such a pinch for cash that it prompted Governor Harry Hughes to declare a 20- day ban on withdrawals from the thrift's 30,000 accounts. Community's , customers, who were still jittery after a statewide S and L crisis in May, had staged a run on their deposits after hearing about shakiness at the thrift's real estate subsidiary, Equity Programs Investment Corp...
...Wednesday night, as I was sitting at home reading the 1977 Baseball Dope Book, I received the good news. I was just turning to the section on pinch-hitting records by left handed batters with runners on second and third base, when the radio announcer informed me that the dreadful strike had ended...