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Word: pitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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After leadoff man Jack Forte opened the second inning by flying out to the second baseman, pitcher McCauley handed Art Conlon a free ticket to first and allowed him to advance to second on a wild pitch. Third sacker John Coppinger drew the second pass of the inning, and scored behind Conlon when Wallace unleashed a double to right field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five-Run First Overpowers W.P.I. for Crimson Victory | 5/29/1945 | See Source »

Coach Stahl signalled his runners a double steal which Ayres and Closky executed with finesse. When the dust had cleared, Closky had scampered across the plate, and Ayres was perched on second. A wild pitch advanced him to third and he scored the Crimson's tenth and final run when Forte grounded out to the second baseman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five-Run First Overpowers W.P.I. for Crimson Victory | 5/29/1945 | See Source »

Lily Pons: Bell Song from Delibes' Lakme, and Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (Columbia, 6 sides). The Met coloratura's polished style, as well as her occasional variance from pitch, heard in her two most famed roles. Performance and recording: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, May 7, 1945 | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

...acts out his scripts for the brothers, whose respect for his literacy is reverent; and he doesn't even have to do that for Monogram, which merely distributes for him. It is a very pretty pitch indeed, as Yordan will explain: "In the small-picture field there is a fixed gross, that is, you can almost tell how much you're going to make to a penny. I plan to use it as an experimental theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 7, 1945 | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

Rightfielder Bill O'Neill then slapped a two pitch over third and along the left field line. It might have been a single; it might have been a double. Nobody noticed, for Ayres, flying around third, crossed the plate standing up to end the overtime struggle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wallace Trips Coast Guard 1-0 After Fourteen Innings | 5/1/1945 | See Source »

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