"Mandy, that is a home-run point," agreed Carville. From Wordnik.com. [The War Room Drill] Reference
It took a home-run hit to get one of them to first base. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference
Who won batting and home-run titles in the same season three times?. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Brain Training] Reference
What sets Mr. Bautista apart is how low his previous home-run rate was. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Peculiar Home-Run King] Reference
He grabbed the camera, gave a yell of triumph, and faced for the home-run. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885] Reference
Not according to readers of our Sept. 14 cover story on the home-run race. From Wordnik.com. [Home-Run Heroes] Reference
When Barry Bonds broke the home-run record, I didn't leave the studio until 6 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [Married With Children ... And A Tv Career] Reference
Of the top 100 single-season home-run totals, we have witnessed 57 of them since 1987. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Raising Hall of Fame Standards] Reference
I spent an evening playing the home-run mode and got a score good enough to rank No. 4. From Wordnik.com. [BONBONS FOR CELL PHONES] Reference
And at age 37, Bonds obliterated Mark McGwire's short-lived home-run record by blasting 73. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Mvp Fallout] Reference
Hubbard concludes that a curveball is more likely to get home-run distance than a fastball is. From Wordnik.com. [Newton In the Batter’s Box] Reference
There has been so much slugging that three teams seem likely to break the season home-run record. From Wordnik.com. [Diamond Jubilee] Reference
By Saturday, it was clear the home-run race would end the way everyone wanted it to: with fireworks. From Wordnik.com. [Going, Going...] Reference
And I don't think it's smash home-run, got to, you know, best jazz record of all time kind of record. From Wordnik.com. [Assisted Listen: Herbie Hancock's 'River'] Reference
Mark McGwire, as a former home-run king, is probably the white superstar whose situation is most comparable. From Wordnik.com. [Bonds and Baseball's Racial Divide] Reference
The beer baron rewarded the home-run king with the chance to buy an Anheuser-Busch distributorship in Florida. From Wordnik.com. [It's Beer Vs. Baseball] Reference
Even though Broadway Partners was making good money, its founder longed to bag a career-defining, home-run deal. From Wordnik.com. [Boston’s Incredible Shrinking Skyscraper] Reference
Our provincial Hall of Fame does not recognize Japanese baseball stars, like Sadaharu Oh, the home-run champion. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise Of Ichiro: Out Of Fashion, But On Base] Reference
Lawyers for home-run king Barry Bonds say they are surprised Bonds was indicted on perjury and obstruction charges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007] Reference
Before it's over, baseball's home-run race may be eclipsed by the scramble for souvenirs -- make that collectibles. From Wordnik.com. [Homer Heaven] Reference
The new stadium has so far proved to be a home-run paradise, an engineering blunder for a team with bullpen weakness. From Wordnik.com. [A-Rod: The Unnatural] Reference
Another wager offered is on the duration of Bonds's home-run trot — with the over/under line now set at 27.5 seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Bonds: What Are the Odds?] Reference
A quick-start feature, to minimize the chances of missing that home-run swing because the camcorder was still booting up. From Wordnik.com. [Coming soon: Camcorders with features borrowed from cameras] Reference
And he will never again see himself cast as baseball's golden boy as he chases Barry Bonds's tarnished career home-run mark. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Baseball Season] Reference
Bobby Thomson's home-run shot in the 1951 National League playoff was heard "round the world" then echoed across generations. From Wordnik.com. [Giants' Cruz Wakes Up as New Media Darling] Reference
A couple of seasons back a New York runner was on third, with no one out, when the batter made what looked like a home-run hit. From Wordnik.com. [Base-Ball How to Become a Player] Reference
Mets manager Jerry Manuel said that the team and the umpires were asking Mr. Hernandez before the home-run pitch if he could play. From Wordnik.com. [Heard on the Field...] Reference
The image was apt: Spitzer's record as New York attorney general in cracking down on financial firms had made him a home-run king. From Wordnik.com. [CRACKS IN THE CRACKDOWN] Reference
On Thursday, San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run, matching Mark McGwire's single-season home-run record set in 1998. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
Those entrusted with the game willingly squander its precious history in favor of the carnival sideshow that is today's home-run race. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Baseball Blues] Reference
McGwire's home-run mark is so awesome that baseball is unlikely to experience the boost from another record-chase for generations to come. From Wordnik.com. [A One In A Million Year] Reference
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