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Word: pitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, Rice slammed a Young pitch over 400 feet away into the quaalude-infested Fenway bleachers, warming hopes and faith for a brief moment in the evening...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Red Sox Edge Detroit, 1-0, Zimmer Sings the Blues | 9/29/1978 | See Source »

Though he didn't outlast Tiger opponent Milt Wilcox (now 13-12), Sox hurler Luis Tiant whirled and spun for five strong innings, retiring in the sixth when Ron LeFlore guessed correctly on a Tiant hesitation-ephus pitch, punching it into the left field screens. Tiant left the game complaining of a slight muscle pull behind his left knee...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rejuvenated Sox Topple Tigers, 5-2 | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

What about Lee? Will he pitch...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Eck Hurls Red Sox to Victory; Yankees Remain Game Ahead | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

...Awww hell," Lee said. "He's just got a lot against me. You see, I'm the Jiminy Crickett of the team -- the moral conscience. He won't let me pitch. I feel like Jiminy Crickett getting crushed by a jackboot," he muttered...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Eck Hurls Red Sox to Victory; Yankees Remain Game Ahead | 9/27/1978 | See Source »

...sewing machine ar-1 a machete, burst up the middle for a 17-yd. pickup, his longest of the day, putting Harvard at the Lions' 25-yard line. But the drive finally petered out when on third down and seven yards to go for a TD, Sablock took a pitch out from Brown and tossed to Rich Horner, who caught the ball but landed outside of the endzone stripe. Bosnic then came on to give Harvard a 3-0 first-quarter lead...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Columbia Surprises Gridders in First Game, 21-19 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

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