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With his hapless team 27 games out of first place and losing as usual, Bresnahan had fired an errant pick-off throw over the third baseman's head. As the runner came home, Dave triumphantly tagged him out: he had held onto the ball while tossing an Idaho potato carved to look like a baseball. Unamused, the umpire ruled that the run had scored. Dave's angry manager got him kicked off the team. Last week Bresnahan, now a real estate salesman, was vindicated. "Gehrig had to hit .340 and play in more than 2,000 consecutive games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: This Spud's For You | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...Saturday reunion cookout featured hamburgers, barbecued chicken and potato salad--but co-op residents also prepared homemade bread, home-brewed beer, grilled tofu, and curried tofu with apples and raisins. At least one of the co-op's four dogs had a name tag reading, "Hello, My Name Is Gwendolyn" stuck on her head...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: A Harvard Reunion, Co-Op Style | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...wasn't hard to get used to the free roast beef sandwiches and potato chips and soda at football games, either, although I'm not a big football fan and only watched from the press box two or three times...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Women Athletes Deserve More Moments in the Sun | 5/27/1988 | See Source »

...move this thing along, to wage its battles and to get this bill to the House," Barrett said. "I don't think this is a bill that we want sitting around through the Democratic primary and through the November final [election.] It makes sense to move this hot potato right along...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gay Rights Bill Goes to Senate | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

Commenting on Mr. Potato Head, Leno said, "Howdo we explain to people in starving countries thatwe grow food for amusement?" Leno added, "Astarving child in Biafra sees a Mr. Potato Headand says 'Oh! A potato, a potato!' You say 'No,you can't eat it-you have...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Leno Receives Lampy Prize | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

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