Word: plate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Charlie Santos-Buch's single to right field scooted under the glove of the onrushing Tim Benson with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning, Paul Halas crossed home plate to secure the Crimson's fourth win in Eastern League competition...
...Indeed, Plate had worked an intramural softball game this Wednesday afternoon, the 23,689th contest of his illustrious career. Now, as the remnants of what had been a beautiful April sun got tangled up in the commuter traffic heading west out of Cambridge, he took a deep breath and spoke of his wild and crazy afternoon...
...First," Plate continued, "let me describe the situation. Winthrop was playing Dudley, you see, and as the game entered the top of the fifth inning, the 'Throp held a tenuous 7-6 lead...
...first guy up, Dolan, lines a single to left, and then this guy McNabb steps to the plate and promptly doubles down the right field line. So there are runners on second and third, right, with nobody...
...Well," Plate concluded, "I've got to be going now. Third base and I are dining out with the coaches' boxes tonight. First, though, I have to dust myself off. My job's not all that easy, you know. People are always stepping...