Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Little Leagues," says California Angels Shortstop Jim Fregosi. "They started taking all the good athletes and making them pitchers." By the time he is twelve, today's Little Leaguer can cut the corner of the plate with a curve and he has the confidence to throw one on a three-and-two count. When he reaches the majors at an average age of 20, after progressing through the Pony League, high school, American Legion baseball, college and/or the minors, he is already a polished pro. Never before have the majors enjoyed such a surfeit of sophisticated young pitchers. Even...
...including 44 games with 1-0 scores-and attendance around the big leagues is down 4% from 1967. "I'm tired of 1-0 games myself," says the Angels' Fregosi, whose suggested remedy for baseball's power failure is to eliminate the mound and make pitchers throw out of a waist-deep hole...
...throw the dice and seven is showing, what is facing down? a) "Seven," b) "Snake eyes," c) "Box-cars," d) "Little Joes," e) "Eleven...
Most noticeable (and most refreshing) is the refusal of Mayer and his cast to take the dialogue at face value: actors create their own speech rhythms, throw away phrases with alarming frequency, emphasize unexpected words to hilarious effect and happily screw around with the sacred meter of the verse...
Lost Meaning. Employers were also sympathetic. A Wednesday holiday was tolerable-at least to the boss, who could count on two solid days of work before and after it. But Tuesdays and Thursdays were painful. Employees looked at him reproachfully if he did not throw in the extra Monday or Friday to make a full four-day holiday...