Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Baseball sluggers have always had memorable nicknames. From the Bambino to Kong, fans shave always appreciated the powerful skills of these free swinging players. Home Run Baker of the Philadelphia A's was the first player to have the round-tripper accredited to his name. What was the greatest number of homers the Philly slugger ever banged out in a single season...
...Daryl Strawberry of the Mets is considered to be one of the bright young sluggers in the National League. Many remember his monstrous homer two years ago in St. Louis off of John Tudor in extra innings to keep the Mets in the Pennant race. Or his homer in Game Seven of the 1986 World Series? Last year, Strawberry had 27 regular-season round-trippers and finished third in homerun ratio (he had 5.68 homeruns for every 100 at bats). The Phillips's Mike Schmidt finished, but can you name the other slugger who topped Strawberry's mark...
...Harvard-Brown doubleheader tomorrow will feature Bruin slugger Tom Klaff (.476, two home runs), freshman Scott Odierno (.474, one homer), and Eric Kimble...
...fighter my biggest drawback was [that] I was a boxer, not a slugger. The crowds wanted knock-outs, blood and guts. I would go the distance and always out-point my opponent. Finally I hung up the mits. There was no money and I felt my health was more important...
...says that since local interest has moved "from who's right on the issues to who's on first," reporters occasionally confuse the candidate with Red Sox second baseman Marty Barrett. Although the Democrat is no relation to the slugger, he said during the World Series that "as long as he does well, I do well...