Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jack Morris, who's just 30 years old, will pitch his seventh opening day for Detroit when the Tigers start the American League season today against the Boston...
...This is a good ballpark for a left-hander to pitch in, too, so I appreciate that. In Fenway, I'm not so sure," he said...
...level nearly beyond imagination. When Sandy Koufax says, "I'd trade anyone's past for Gooden's future," that includes Walter Johnson's, Grover Cleveland Alexander's, Bob Feller's and his own. "Who wouldn't?" growls Don Drysdale, winding up for his famous knockdown pitch. "Gooden makes $1.32 million a year...
...region every March, seems to specialize in the unlikeliest dreams. "Kids are always chasing rainbows," says Johnny Vander Meer, 71, a local resident, "but baseball is a world where you can catch them." While he had a losing record overall with the Reds, Cubs and Indians, Vander Meer pitched two consecutive no-hitters in 1938. As a craftsman, Gooden puts him in mind of Ewell Blackwell; as a hard thrower, he recalls Van Lingle Mungo. "But no one I ever saw was the thinking pitcher at a young age that this kid is now." Owing to a wisdom that...
...second, the Crimson--which had scored first in each of its previous two contests--hit the mini-jackpot. With two down, freshman center fielder Elizabeth Crowley drove a low pitch from Krans into center for a double, and scored on a single to left by Gerri Rubin...