Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a standup triple. The Yardling worked the next batter, center fielder Tom Charters, to a 2-and-1 count. Shortell then took advantage of the Bird's involved windup and broke for the plate. The fastball arrived down the middle, but it was good only for a strike as Shortell slid in safe for a stolen base and Penn's fourth...
Smith (3-1) had little problem with location in the real game. His first foe, freshman Ted Decareau, exited the box on a called third strike. Smith fanned the next two batters to strike out the side...
Earlier this year, Winchester tested his theories on the Soviets. Armed with the slogan "Love is the ultimate first-strike capability," Winchester joined a Soviet-American task force on "changing perspectives in global security" to demonstrate his technique to four visiting Soviet dignitaries. "Millions of people the world over may be unconsciously generating coherent force fields when they enter deep prayer and meditation," he told them. The Soviets, who have been calling for "soldier to soldier" contact modeled on the famous meeting at the Elbe River during World War II, were said to be extremely pleased...
...supersedes more routine concerns. Traditionally, Republicans have been perceived as the party of law-and-order and international machismo. But the drug issue gives Democrats a way of denouncing crime and declining social values without sacrificing the virtues of compassion. And it is already serving to help the Democrats strike emotional chords in voters who have mostly been unmoved by the 1988 primaries...
Hitting the whiffle ball was a challenge. The ball would streak towards your head and then make a sharp right turn that would find the strike zone. But when the whiffle ball hung (maybe because the pitcher did not pay attention to the diagrams on the side of the official whiffle ball boxes), it usually flew across the street for a "forget that one"-type homer...