Word: strikeout
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...physiological functions. Think hard enough about jumping out of an airplane, and your heart will start to race and your palms to sweat. Other thought-induced changes may be more subtle, and for athletes who rely on fine motor skills, those imperceptible adjustments can mean the difference between a strikeout and a home...
...loud. "There are times," White says, "when a whole team reaches down for something that's even better than winning. I know it sounds impossible." On the subject of impossibilities, consider three hits, 18 men retired in a row and a 1-0 victory that ended on a strikeout. "When I struck Rance Mulliniks out," Leonard says, "it was like I finally was home. Everyone ran out on the field except Mick, and he was the one I was waiting for." In the dugout, the pitcher pressed the ball into his trainer's hand...
...After a strikeout by Klimkiewicz, Mann drove a double off of the wall in left-center field—just a few feet shy of a grand slam—to plate two runs and give the Crimson a 4-1 lead...
...After a strikeout by Klimkiewicz, Mann drove a double off of the wall in left-center field—just a few feet shy of a grand slam—to plate two runs and give the Crimson a 4-1 lead...
...also have an infinite strikeout-to-walk ratio—one strikeout and zero walks in five innings of work. Take that, Mark Prior...