Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mickey Maspons and Scott Vierra smashed back-to-back homers in the third. After Elliott Rivera's round-tripper made it 8-1 in the top of the fifth. Falcon pitcher Roch Rhinchart took out his frustration by beaning Tony Decease on the very next pitch. Maspons stepped to the plate and boomed his second straight homer, a 400 ft., monster, to dead center...
Overall, Sutton pitched to 10 batters and struck out six. The money pitch: a slider that had Riverside batters swinging...
Kushner talked about the importance of brevity and gave an example of a one-two-three approach: "It is safe from sabotage. It is safe from drugs. But it won't clean your oven." The pitch, he counseled effectively, would be remembered more because of its humor than a pitch with three dry selling points...
...into New York City's Capitol Theater and landed a job in the pit orchestra in 1921. Within a week he was named concertmaster; three years later he made his conducting debut leading a shortened version of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Blessed with a nearly flawless memory and perfect pitch, Ormandy rose quickly. In 1931 he scored a triumph with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he substituted for Arturo Toscanini, which led to five seasons as conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony. In 1936 he returned to Philadelphia for two years as co-conductor with the mercurial Leopold Stokowski...
...Pitching duties will be shared by junior Gerri Rubin, a two-year All-Ivy selection, and sophomore Janet Dickerman. "The key in fast-pitch softball is the pitching," Wentzell says. "Those two work harder than anyone else on the team, and they're the ones who will make us or break...