Word: slams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Havens said he was surprised he had had so much trouble. "I thought he would be nothing but a slam-bang man, but he turned out to be good," he said. "But I wasn't playing very well anyway...
...leader. When he began playing with the A's full time in 1968, he was an angry and confused young man. When he struck out, as he did often enough to lead the league for four consecutive years, he would toss his bat to the ground or slam his batting helmet onto the dugout bench. His morale was not helped by a bitter feud that quickly developed with Finley. This dispute, which began over salary and spread in 1970 to Jackson's quality of play, reached a peak late that summer. While crossing the plate after hitting...
Hank Aaron's 15th grand slam home run, a National League record, highlighted an eight-run seventh inning uprising Friday night and sparked the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs...
Offense was the name of the game, as the Harvard batmen smashed out 18 hits and built up a 11-0 margin after three innings. Joe Mackey, who entered the contest with a team-leading .410 batting average, knocked out five safeties, and Dan Williams clouted a grand slam home run, leading the Crimson to its 11th win in 14 outings...
...ENGLAND Governors Conference wisely refused to adopt a plan for a regional "special offenders" prison last week, though its instructions to state correctional officials to "review, evaluate and adopt any provisions of the report" don't exactly slam the door on the plan's implementation in the future. William J. Curran, Lee Professor of Legal Medicine at the School of Public Health, developed the plan for the prison, which has prompted vocal opposition from the New England Prisoners Association, Massachusetts's assistant commissioner for drug rehabilitation, and the American Friends Service Committee, among other people...