Word: ryans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard loaded the bases against Crusader pitcher Kevin Ryan with a walk to Rich Renninger and singles by designated hitter Tom Konjoyan and pinch-hitter Pat Sullivan...
...Texas, the Rangers will ride the Ryan Express to their first World Series. Eddie Murray will pull a Kirk Gibson to take the Dodgers to yet another one. In San Diego, Hurst and Jack Clark will prove that a team that wears brown...
...Fireballer Nolan Ryan, who will pitch this year for the Texas Rangers, is the only hurler in baseball history to record five no-hitters. Ryan pitched his first two no-hitters in 1973 as a California Angel. He pitched his fifth for the Houston Astros in 1981, when he blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0. Can you name who Ryan was tied with for most no-hitters in a career before he set the record...
...Although Ryan can boast of his no-hitter record, he certainly should keep quiet when the subject of base on balls comes up. Mr. No-Hitter has walked more than 150 batters five seasons in his career. He is also only the second pitcher in baseball history to give up more than 200 free passes to first base in a season. Ryan did it twice (1974, 1977). Fortunately for Ryan, one Hall of Famer holds the single-season record for most walks. Name...
...goes with it. Just a matter of learning to do things a little differently. I never told myself, 'I want to be the next Pete Gray ((a one-armed outfielder who played the 1945 season with the St. Louis Browns)).' I said, 'I want to be the next Nolan Ryan...