Word: player
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the first cry of "au jeu" (play ball), the game was in fact extraordinary. For one thing, the Expos managed to set some kind of freak record by committing three errors on three balls hit by the same player in the same inning.* For another, they came from behind and defeated the Cardinals 8 to 7. The resulting delirium was just too much for one group of fans who excitedly waved a sign that read: EXPOS-WORLD SERIES OR BUST...
...future in baseball, Kelly commented, "I always wanted to be a baseball player, but I now see the situation more realistically. I am not sure I would enjoy some of the other aspects of playing like the time spent away from home...
...State baseball player while in high school, Bob led his team to a second-place finish in the state tournament and also played on four state amateur championship teams. Bypassing football and baseball scholarship offers, and a few pro contract chances, Bob decided in favor of scholarship if he decided to stop playing baseball, and, where he could receive an exceptional education...
...trade that Harrelson objected to was a three-player deal that sent him along with pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro to Cleveland for catcher Joe Ascue and pitchers Sonny Siebert and Vincente Romo...
...protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, in Dresden to deliver one of the best passages in the book, a critique of the American fightingman. Eliot Roseater, of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater fame, shares a mental hospital ward and his favorite author with Pilgrim. Ilium, N.Y., hometown of Cat's Cradle and Player Piano, makes its third appearance in that role. And, finally, various progeny and siblings of Winston Niles Rumford, co-star of The Sirens of Titan, motorboat past Billy Pilgrim's bedroom window on his wedding night...