1955 Piersall & Hirshberg Fear Strikes Out 151: He once won eight or ten ball games in less than three weeks with key hits, and [...] became known as Dutch the Clutch.at clutch, adj.
1955 Piersall & Hirshberg Fear Strikes Out 97: And now here’s the fourth step, the crusher—Boudreau, the new manager, announcing that he’s going to shift me to shortstop.at crusher, n.1
1955 Piersall & Hirshberg Fear Strikes Out 77: We were expecting again, and this time the doctors assured us that everything would be all right.at expecting, adj.
1955 Piersall & Hirshberg Fear Strikes Out 72: I began to wonder if I could swing a house. I had some cash in the bank and if I could work out reasonable payments—.at swing, v.
1955 Piersall & Hirshberg Fear Strikes Out 75: Steve O’Neill, a battered old baseball warhorse who had been in the majors [...] for more than forty years.at warhorse (n.) under war, n.