Word: run
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...honor awarded on the basis of the individual's hustle and spirit in making an outstanding contribution to the team. Kalinoski, who began the season as a relief pitcher, won the three games he started, going the distance in two performances. He led the pitching staff with an earned run average of 2.56 while allowing only 30 hits in 38 2/3 innings...
Just then the shocked silence was broken by screams and everyone started to stampede away from the spot, as if the killer had gone beserk. A thousand people were running down the street at full speed. I heard another shot. Two. Three. More screams. Then the stampede stopped and people were beginning to gather around the wounded woman again. No one else had been hit. From the gestures of the people around the scene, I supposed that the gunman had run down a side street that angled off of Rampart...
...band had moved down the street and started playing again to get the crowd away from the scene. I tried to catch up with them, but I was too exhausted to run. Then I saw a black parade cap just in front of me. It was Sammy Alcorn, calmly oiling the valves of his trumpet...
...caught up with the band by then. Sammy started to blow his trumpet again, and the music went on. Everybody was so cool about the whole thing. It really was an everyday occurrence. Run your tail out of the way of the man with the gun, make sure he's not coming after you, then go on about your business. Today, their business was music, dancing and good times, and they went rolling right on. The second line reformed. They shouted, they danced, they bumped and ground. The trumpets blared, the clarinet soared, the bass drum throbbed, the trombones moaned...
...problem basically seemed to be a lack of inspiration. Anyone who ever watched the team run its token lap before practice knows this. With the exception of a precious few, the squad crawls through this lap at minimum speed. It's a joke in every sense of the word. This was reflected in the games most of the time...