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Word: pitches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coach Joe Restic, emotionally overcome after the game, said that his thinking about running the pitch to Polillio in that situation was "the same as our thinking when we ran him wide and he scored." Trouble was, the wide side in this instance was the left, not the right...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Strategy Mars Classic Game | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...first play from scrimmage after the kickoff, Crimson halfback Paul Connors (later substituted for by Jon Hollingsworth) took a pitch from Brown and very politely fumbled it over to the Tiger defense. Moments later, Crissy (77 yards rushing, 81 receiving) slipped past the Harvard defense for six points like a trout shooting the rapids...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Gridders Collectively Kiss Sisters, 24-24 | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

Here come the comments: "Ooooh, aaaaaah THE SPACEMAN. Did he say anything weird--Is he really wigged out--Is Don Zimmer really a gerbil--Why didn't he pitch the last half of the season--Can I get some of the stuff he smokes so I can be like...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Little Lee-Way | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

...professional competence, she also deserves blame for failing to coax the actors into displaying any sincere emotions. The annoyingly overarticulated speech and tightly disciplined movements suggests relentless drilling, which has paid off in unremittingly mechanical deliveries. Nor do most of the actors bother to vary their volume or pitch effectively, even in critical scenes...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The Puppet Hour | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

...Third Baseman Ron Cey, who came up to stay from Albuquerque in 1972, did him exactly one better. Cey is dubbed "the Penguin" by his teammates, and he runs as though he were wearing bedroom slippers. No matter; he could have walked the bases after crunching a Catfish Hunter pitch for a three-run homer. Counting an ear lier RBI, the final score was the Penguin 4, the Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Paths to Glory | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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