Word: pitches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the past year, Bulgaria's President Todor Zhivkov has been trying to improve relations with the West. Bulgaria claims that Markov and Simeonov were liquidated by Western intelligence services seeking to besmirch the country's image. To lend credence to that pitch, the regime offered to help British authorities dealing with the case. It was an offer the British just might be able to refuse...
After winning seven straight games and mixing in some bad starts, culling a 10-10 record by August, Lee was not allowed to pitch at all, except for two very short relief appearances in two hopeless games...
...then Jackson stepped in, with three RBIs on the evening already. He fouled off four Welch pitches and ran the count to 3-2 as the 44,982 people in Dodger Stadium rose to their feet in hysteria. Welch threw the next pitch, an inside fastball, by Jackson and the Dodgers had pulled their second series win out of the fire...
Well, the last two nights you've been listening to, "Here's the pitch, That ball's well hit, going, going, It's OUT OF HERE!!!" Now, you're undoubtedly looking forward to spending the rest of the weekend glued to your TV set watching the World Series and waiting to see the fans in Yankee Stadium rip up half the outfield, infield, and pitcher's mound. Or perhaps you're waiting to see Steve Garvey modestly praise God and Country as he courteously accepts accolades for the Dodgers' triumph...
...every morning, the White House lobbying teams met in the East Wing office of Carter's congressional liaison aide, Frank Moore. There they plotted strategy for the day and then fanned out to appeal to anyone who could help: business executives, newsmen, friends of Senators. The pitch was always the same: America needs the energy bill to stop the decline of the dollar and convince foreign nations that the U.S. can put its own house in order...