Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Judging by the video of last year's soiree ($29.95), the festival might be the only event in America in which bikers, yuppies, lawyers, the Winnebago crowd and perhaps even militiamen can team up in bull chip-toss competition and coexist in a blissful celebration of...of...what was it again...
Once I happened to be on the field at Yankee Stadium before game time when the players were warming up. Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly tossed a ball between them without a trace of effort, bodies rearing up and pivoting gently in a casual parody of a pitcher's full windup toward the plate. Every easy toss was delivered at a speed greater than a good high school fastball pitcher could generate. Thwack, thwack, thwack in the leather. And the silence between the men on the field. It was interesting to note that even at their level, this was still...
...heat and silence of the day fit us both like a glove. I toss the ball in looping arcs. He snaps it up as if waving it away, then tosses it back on a line, with much more on it. So we continue until our faces glow with sweat, and the sun drops, and we are touched by the shadows of the trees...
...Toss by Boomer Esiason: Esiason was a quarterback for 14 years and is currently a host on Monday Night Football. His first novel (with Lowell Cauffiel) is a thriller featuring a rookie quarterback whose life is turned upside down when a former QB is murdered...
...finally my mama who initiated the momentous discussion. Although I must have given her enough signals to disturb an already uneasy maternal sense. One of the first things I did upon my return was to toss at her, unopened, the box of condoms she had sent me (doubtless as some coded test), but I also peroxided my hair and dropped barbed criticisms about what was once our common favorite political party...