Word: pitches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...built a system of plays that unfold with the relentless logic of a theorem in geometry. "We keep slamming that fullback off-tackle, and the defense has to bunch up to stop us. So the quarterback will fake the ball to the fullback and run outside himself, or pitch out to the tailback who's trailing him. Now they've got to bring up their secondary. That leaves them weak for option passes thrown by the tailback...
...fewer people than Detroit, should take Red China's part against the Russians is something of a mystery. Part of the answer may be its poverty; Albania has only 5,000 cars, trucks and buses, like Red China feels the need of keeping the class war at fever pitch to keep her people from rebelling against austerity. But another reason is historical and geographical accident: Tito's Yugoslavia, Albania's archenemy and neighbor, is currently the favorite target for Chinese criticism, and Albania may figure that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Oddly enough, Tito...
Hoisting a Highball. As they had so often over the regular season, the Yankees fought back and were leading, 7-6, in the eighth inning, when another of baseball's castoffs, Catcher Hal Smith, 29, came to bat for Pittsburgh. On a pitch low and fast, Smith hit a three-run homer to give the Pirates a 9-7 lead...
Vasell personally executed seven of the next eight plays. He passed for a total of 37 yards and ran for three, and completed a seven-yard pitch to Ron Williams for the touchdown...
Though Quadros' campaign pitch curved left and right to suit his audience, he can be expected to follow his own straight line of Brazil-style conservatism. He is committed to continue outgoing President Juscelino Kubitschek's building program, but he intends to hobble inflation. "If inflation could create wealth, there would be no more economic problems." he says. The question is whether he can impose his strong will on Brazil, which has become accustomed to Kubitschek's free-spending, money-printing ways. São Paulo city and São Paulo state were both small enough...