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Fluke seasons: some players recorded one extraordinary productive year in an otherwise so-so career.
BASEBALL LINGO IS EVER CHANGing, for better or worse, and among the fresher descriptive phrases flung around liberally in recent years--along with "going yard," "walk-off homer," "quality start"--is the complimentary "career season."
Babe Ruth and his contemporaries were unaware of it, the expression not being in vogue in their day, but he definitely enjoyed a "career season" when he hit 60 home runs in 1927, as did Rogers Hornsby when he batted .424 in 1924. So did Barry Bonds with his 73 home runs three years ago.
"Career season" is perfectly acceptable, even readily understandable, which isn't always the case with media sports jargon, but it's ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Donaldson, Jim November 29, 2000 700+ words
...the world champion New York Yankees, winners...is not whether the Red Sox can afford to sign...chance to beat out New York for first place in...Yankee uniform, the Red Sox have no chance. If he's in New York next season, the...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Sappenfield, Mark August 10, 2009 700+ words
...Science Monitor The New York Yankees' four-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox was far more than a...from anonymity in the Red Sox farm system to stardom...newfound superiority within Red Sox Nation when the New York Yankees went wild with...
- BoxScore: New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox July 4, 1983.(baseball game...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest August 1, 2002 700+ words
...No-Hitter Boston Red Sox Player, Pos. AB...0 0 Total 25 0 0 0 New York Yankees Player, Pos...0 0 0 0 0 0--0 New York 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0--4 Boston Red Sox Pitcher IP H R ER...Stanley 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 New York Yankees Pitcher IP...
- NEW YORK -- In a Yankee-Red Sox rivalry that has [Derived Headline]
- Newspaper article from: New Haven Register Michael Blais August 7, 2009 700+ words
NEW YORK -- In a Yankee-Red Sox rivalry that has featured so many...have cost them dearly against the Red Sox earlier in the season. When have...Pedroia would subsequently fire home. Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez did his part...
- The Pan Am Shuttle to provide special fares, free buses and post-game return...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 17, 1986 700+ words
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pan...attending the big series between the New York Mets and Boston Red Sox. In addition to a full-slate of shuttle...passengers expected to travel between New York and Boston for the series, and Shuttle...
- YES drives ratings with Yanks-Sox tilt.(Yankees Entertainment and Sports...
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News July 18, 2005 700+ words
NEW YORK -- The July 14 contest between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox generated a 7.7 household rating for the Bronx Bombers' regional network, according to Nielsen Media Research data. That performance was the second-best this...
- PAYPASS SCORES FIVE MORE BASEBALL TEAMS.(MasterCard International Inc. contract...
- Newspaper article from: Cardline April 7, 2006 700+ words
...the starting lineups of five more major league baseball teams. The St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will accept PayPass this season at the teams' concession stands, a MasterCard spokesperson...
- Sixth Bidder Emerges for Boston Red Sox; New York Lawyer Leads Group.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 11, 2001 700+ words
...another bidder for the Boston Red Sox: a group led by New York businessman Miles Prentice...Prentice is assembling to bid on the Red Sox is much smaller and will have...detriment." Like other would-be Red Sox owners, Prentice, 58, has...
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