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It also includes a "Poetry Round Robin" where famous poems are rewritten in the style of the next poet in line, featured Casey at the Bat as written by Edgar Allan Poe. Sportswriter Leonard Koppett claimed in a 1979 tongue-in-cheek article that the published poem omits 18 lines penned by Thayer, which changed the overall theme of the poem ...
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The Spirit of Aggieland is the alma mater of the Texas A&M University.It was originally written as a poem by Marvin H. Mimms while he was a student at Texas A&M. [1] Richard J. Dunn, the director of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band at the time, composed the music.
To be or act tough or aggressive. Refers to the comparison between balls in baseball and softball. As a synonym for baseball, OED dates this use of "hardball" to 1883; its non-baseball use appears in 1973. [51] "Hauser would like to extend its three-year contract with Bristol-Myers, becoming a supplier of the material for semi-synthetic Taxol.
Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
"Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing" is a well-known quotation in sports.It is attributed to UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders. [1] He is on record with at least two different versions of the quotation during his coaching career.
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An Eephus pitch ; a trick pitch thrown like a slow-pitch softball pitch, with a high arcing trajectory and very little velocity (ca. 40-55 mph or less). Specifically, such a pitch thrown ostensibly as a curveball.