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Word: plateful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move from great Series pitching performances to terrible Series hitting performances. Ever since the American League adopted the designated hitter rule in 1973, d.h.'s have been employed in alternating World Series. Not surprisingly, AL pitchers have enjoyed little success for the plate, going 0-for their last 73. Ten Points if you can name the last AL hurler to bang out a hit in the Series...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: 1986 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...other hand, hit its stride quickly. In the bottom of the first, the Engineers mounted a basesloaded threat and sent catcher Julie Brown to the plate with two outs...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Engineers Scoot Past Crimson Batswomen, 6-1 | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

...although it took until the fateful fifth for MIT to push a run across the plate, Harvard starter Janet Dickerman was working out of a hole all afternoon...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Engineers Scoot Past Crimson Batswomen, 6-1 | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Engineer hurler Karen Krans kept tossing fat ones across the plate for the eager Crimson batters--who kept hitting'em where they were...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Engineers Scoot Past Crimson Batswomen, 6-1 | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

...need to be more disciplined at the plate offensively--if we're drilling it at third all the time, we're ahead of the ball," Wentzell said. "We haven't really exploded offensively...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Engineers Scoot Past Crimson Batswomen, 6-1 | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

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