Word: plate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defensive play of the game came down in the ninth, with a man out and the tying run at the plate. Following a backward-upside-down-dive job by Lynn in the third, Carl Yastrezemski slid forward, coming down hard on his butt to cut off a potential two-run single...
...notes that the rules have been bent a bit-for Radio Astronomers Martin Ryle and Anthony Hewish in 1974, and for Ethologists Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch in 1973. But still unlikely to be considered for the Nobel Prize are pioneers in exciting new fields like plate tectonics, a unified geological theory that explains continental drift, earthquakes, ocean trenches and mountain formation...
...that first base to home plate hook-up that ended a ninth inning Tiger threat and protected an 8-6 Red Sox lead, handing the struggling Boston team a nerve-racking win over Detroit last night...
...Boomer's glove--not his often erratic bat--gave Boston that win. With runners at second and third, one out, and Rusty Staub at the plate, the Sox had their fourth pitcher of the night, lefty Andy Hassler, attempting to put away...
...Hobson and a hit-and-run single by pinch-hitter (for George Scott) Jack Brohamer sent Baker to the showers after five innings of near-perfect work. With John Hiller on the mound for Detroit, Jason Thompson nearly killed the rally by gunning pinch-runner Frank Duffy at the plate with one out, but Mr. Remy coolly stroked his game-winning single to centerfield moments later...