Word: platee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this point, Holt had trouble finding the plate and issued two walks in succession to lead the bases, while the capacity crowd whipped itself into a frenzy on the sidelines. The rally came to an abortive end, however, as Fairfield Coogan rifled a line drive right at the first baseman to conclude the contest...
...Crichton, of the losers, who stroked a double and a long triple, while turning in a fine job in the field at first base. Paul Kelley led the Commuters at the plate with three infield safties, while Curley shared RBI honors with Art Bauman and Dick Steuer of Dunster, each with two apiece. Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 r h e Dunster 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 7 6 4 Dudley...
...Half a dozen of Mansfield's deputies were beaten and carried out of town. When the polls closed at 4, a tense throng milled outside the voting place in the office of the Athens Water Co. to await the count. Suddenly two G.I. watchers burst through the shattering plate glass door, closely followed by a deputy wildly waving a pistol. A woman in the crowd screamed: "Oh God, here it comes...
...return, U.S. players seemed to be playing a little rough. In Mexico City last week, leading hitter Duany thought Catcher Owen's tag-out at the plate was more of a punch than a tag. He knocked Owen down. Soon everybody...
...trouble was not altitude, but attitude. Recently Monterrey, tied with Vera Cruz in the 14th inning, had a man on second. On a safe hit to left, the base-runner held up at third. Ex-Dodger Olmo, dozing in the field, thought the winning run had already crossed the plate. To show his disgust he fielded the ball, then turned and threw it-and the ball game-out of the park...