Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...game winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, who became the last man legally to throw a spitball in a major league game; of cancer; in Clear Lake, Wis. The spitball was outlawed in 1920, but a grandfather clause allowed 17 known practitioners to use the trick pitch until they retired...
...that isn't enough to sell you permanently on the icewomen, here's a final pitch from superfan Leelee Groome, who frequently totes her friend's fox terrier around Bright...
...Santiago was pressured by the Penn defense and had to pitch the pigskin to Connolly. No matter, though because the junior split end encountered no Quaker defenders as he held the ball aloft and sauntered five yards into the endzone...
...second ad down to 15. This move wouldn't just cut corporate advertising budgets. It will also strike a blow at the public by promoting shorter attention spans. Says Stark,"...the things move, the more images there are, and the harder it becomes for viewers to differentiate one pitch from another...The point is not to force the audience to think, but to simply pay attention...
...credit, the salesman reveals his past to potential Vend-A-Bait distributors. Such is the spell of his silver tongue that a remarkable number of people quickly dismiss the information. In the blink of an eye, the pitch can slide from McClintic's shady years to his next project, vending fishing tackle. "This is going to be a barn burner!" Rare is the listener who then exclaims, "Wait a minute! Did you say LEAVENWORTH...