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Word: pitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fern was the first to advance the runners; in the sixth, he tried to avoid an inside pitch by reliever Ed Toland, but the ball happened to strike the bat and landed in fair territory for an eventual sacrifice...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Engineers Slide as Batsmen Rule Twinbill | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

Reliever Jim Chenevey entered the contest in the sixth after Toland gave up two hits and the inadvertent sacrifice. Despite walking a a batter and throwing a wild pitch--which allowed a runner to score the team's second run--Chenevey retired the side, striking out Rich Zermani and Craig Poole...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Engineers Slide as Batsmen Rule Twinbill | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

Although MIT narrowed the lead to one run on Chenevey's wild pitch, Harvard's designated hitter Frank Morelli added an insurance run with a homer over the right-field fence--his fourth dinger of the year...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Engineers Slide as Batsmen Rule Twinbill | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

...Curtin] is an outstanding college pitcher," MIT Coach Fran O'Brien said. "He has a great breaking pitch, and he had great control of his game...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Engineers Slide as Batsmen Rule Twinbill | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

...shame that a social affair, the stereotypical women's college event, should be the occasion for Radcliffe's pitch to students. Moreover, because other Radcliffe programs attract few undergrads, this state of affairs suggests that the "College" has nothing better to do for the mass of its students than to throw an annual party. Radcliffe needs to do better for its students than a party, should the institution wish to make a reasonable claim to the title of College...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Rejuvenating Radcliffe | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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