Article: NO ONE-TRICK TONY 'CARETAKER' DELIVERS WITH BAT, GLOVE.(SPORTS)

Article: MANIC MONDAY Plenty of pomp on Opening Day
Dayton Daily News;  April 4, 2005 ;     565 words ......else, you needed a doctor's excuse." Opening Day (always capital 'O,' capital 'D') in...always rode the route, front and center. "Opening Day is history, honey, and you have to keep...going," she always said. There was no Opening Day in 1995 due to a players strike, but...Erardi and ...

Article: REDS' 2002 OPENING DAY TRANSFORMATION WAS MAGICAL
Dayton Daily News;  April 3, 2002 ;     623 words ......Then the bell clanged for Opening Day Monday against the Chicago...scored their first run on a sacrifice fly and their last run on a sacrifice fly - a game-ending fly ball...Junior Griffey had a sacrifice fly and an important 0-and...

Article: Tigers have an opening day to remember: Team has 161 games remaining.
Blade (Toledo, OH);  April 3, 2007 ;     656 words ......run in the third when Inge scored on Gary Sheffield's sacrifice fly. Detroit tied the game with a two-run fifth. Inge walked...Inge and sent Granderson to third, and he came home on a sacrifice fly down the right-field line by Sheffield. When you fall...wanted to see all of the celebration and ...

Article: OPENING DAY IN CINCINNATI: ; Hitter-friendly; Braves batter reds 10-4 in new-look Cinergy field
Charleston Gazette;  April 3, 2001 ;     616 words ......also flew out to the wall in his first at-bat and had a sacrifice fly to the warning track. "It was weird," said catcher Javy...ball took off," said Young, who had to run down Furcal's sacrifice fly to left. Marc Valdes got the victory by getting the final...Griffey Jr., one of the most prolific ...

Article: CINCINNATI OPENING DAY Chicago sours Reds opener.
Lima News (Lima, OH);  April 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......battered Reds pitching 16-7 before an Opening Day chilled crowd of 42,591 at the Great...soap in the shower. It was ruled a sacrifice fly and an error to give the Cubs a 2-0...to win and come out and get a win on opening day. We have

Article: Opening day win streak ends Burlington 6, Cougars 3
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  April 6, 2007 ;     550 words ...BURLINGTON, Iowa - Even though it was opening day, the Kane County Cougars entered the...in two runs and Marc Maddox added a sacrifice fly to give the Bees a 3-2 lead in the bottom...and came in to score on an Isaac Omura sacrifice fly. The Bees were able to take the lead...

Article: So far, so good; Youngsters Lind, Snider give Jays offensive spark, Halladay cruises to opening-day win.(SPORTS)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  April 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ......If spring training is about renewal and hope, then opening day is the first opportunity for teams to give their...single in the eighth to set a team record with six opening day RBIs. Snider, the 2006 first rounder already nicknamed...blast restored the four-run margin, Aaron Hill's ...

Article: Base: Bush and Bonds play ball on baseball's Opening Day
AAP Sports News (Australia);  April 4, 2006 ;     547 words ......and Bonds play ball on baseball's Opening Day LOS ANGELES, April 3, AFP - Embattled...the ballpark today on baseball's Opening Day. San Francisco slugger Bonds, in...LaRue. "There's nothing better than opening day," said Bush, a former owner of...has now done the honours at an ...

Article: The sacrifice fly is a fairly mundane statistical category to most fans.(Brief Article)
The National Pastime;  January 1, 2004 ;     193 words ...THE SACRIFICE FLY is a fairly mundane statistical category to most fans...runner had to score for a batter to receive credit for a sacrifice fly. From 1908 to 1925 a sacrifice fly could be awarded when there was either zero or one out...

Article: sacrifice fly
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      38 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 sacrifice fly Baseball a play in which the batter, when there are fewer than two outs, flies out and a runner scores from third base after the catch Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: A's continue to excel in extra innings Dye's sacrifice fly tops Blue Jays in 11th
Oakland Tribune;  June 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Thursday night. Jermaine Dye hit a sacrifice fly that scored Eric Byrnes without a play...Byrnes, who also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning. "When we come...many scoring chances after Byrnes' sacrifice fly scored Kotsay in the first. Kotsay...

Article: Power produces winner in ninth: Holmberg's sacrifice fly downs Hickory 3-2
Charleston Gazette;  July 14, 2007 ;     579 words ......but Kenny Holmberg scorched a long sacrifice fly to left to score Andrew Lefave for...load the bases, setting up Holmberg's sacrifice fly. The Power scored twice in the third...Brewer then came home on Lefave's sacrifice fly. Shawn Ferguson pitched the final 11...

Article: DIVISION CHAMPIONS GET PAST GARCIA, M'S SACRIFICE FLY AGAINST MESA BREAKS TIE.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 28, 1999 ;     631 words ......and in the eighth, he scored on a sacrifice fly by Lee Stevens, breaking a 2-2 tie...load the bases, setting up Stevens' sacrifice fly. Garcia worked seven innings, allowing...with a triple, and scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Alex Rodriguez. A walk and a single...

Article: Baseball provides ample drama on opening day
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ......41 years to hit an inside-the-park home run on opening day, and Jack Wilson gave Pittsburgh a comeback victory...run over seven innings in his fourth consecutive opening-day start, and the Rangers scored seven runs in five...Bonifacio's inside-the-park homer was the first on opening ...