Word: pitches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gene Clines scored in the third on a wild pitch and again in the fifth on Roberto Clemente's base...
Home Parking Meters In Los Angeles a little red "expired" flag snaps into view on the executive's desk, warning the visiting salesman that his pitch time is over. Another red flag goes up in a Chicago teen-ager's room, warning her that she has tied up the family telephone long enough. In the guest bathroom of another Chicago home, the flag reminds a partygoer that others may be waiting. In each case the red metallic flag is enclosed in a device that looks suspiciously like a parking meter. Actually...
...Many districts have found themselves unable to afford the required matching payments for the federal school lunch program even in areas where the school lunch is the only solid meal a child gets all day. In such circumstances, teachers find ironic the Department of Agriculture's newest radio pitch for the lunch program, which reminds citizens that "you can't teach a hungry child...
...that "it's nice to be compared with Koufax or Lefty Grove, who were great in their time. But this is just my first year. What have I accomplished besides winning so-and-so many games? I'm not trying to imitate anybody. I'm Vida Blue. I just pitch the way Vida Blue does...
...always had a happy, decent family life, but suddenly there we were with no real means of support. I had to do things that would show my brother and sisters that I could be a leader." He got his chance after Oakland Scout Connie Ryan saw him pitch one night in Mansfield and excitedly reported back to Finley: "He is the best lefthander I have seen in nine years of scouting...