Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...died respectable. But-alas for the supporters of the Fitton-Herbert theory-Mary inconveniently turns out, from the evidence of her portraits, to have been not dark but fair, with light brown hair and gray eyes. For hair, Shakespeare's dark lady had "black wires"; for eyes, "pitch balls...
...York City two days later, Mayor Robert Wagner refused to pitch the traditional first ball at the Yankees' first home game because he did not want to cross an American Federation of Musicians picket line at Yankee Stadium. Bronx Borough President James J. Lyons came in as a relief pitcher for the mayor...
Sloppy play put the Crimson behind in the fifth inning, when Tufts scored two unearned runs on four walks, a wild pitch, and an error by pitcher John Cooke. Only three consecutive be singles in the dusky bottom half of the seventh brought the varsity back to an even score...
Then in a quick, quiet way, the first pitch was thrown and the game began. The tension being lifted, peanut consumption rapidly and audibly returned to its normal briskness...
...supposed to cover the game, but from the first pitch I didn't see much of it. There were three boys down the row who kept buying peanuts, and someone had to pass the bags down the aisle, collect the money and pass it onto the peanut...