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OH, C'MON, HAPPINESS IS A championship season

SHOESTRING CATCH shoestring catch
n. Sports
A running catch made near the ground.

Noun 1. shoestring catch - (baseball) a running catch made near the ground
 gosh, I can stretch!

WORLD SERIES SEATS? seats were sold, sir

NO-HITTER then riot

STOLEN BASE noble asset

OUTFIELD flied out; fouled it

CALLED THIRD STRIKE thrill sidetracked

GEORGE HERMAN "BABE" RUTH the bear: home run bagger

SPITBALL spit·ball  
n.
1. A piece of paper chewed and shaped into a lump for use as a projectile.

2. Baseball An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance, such as saliva, is applied to the ball before it is thrown.
 lip blast

STAR'S AUTOGRAPH grasps at author

RELIEF PITCHER help, rectifier rectifier, component of an electric circuit used to change alternating current to direct current. Rectifiers are made in various forms, all operating on the principle that current passes through them freely in one direction but only slightly or not at all in the  

TIGHT RACE? teach grit

LADIES' DAY lady's idea?

CROWDING THE PLATE hitter glanced ... pow!

SATCHEL PAIGE pitches a gale

MANAGER ran game

YANKEES LEAD! seek any deal

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER marvel, Pa, absolutely

DOUBLE PLAY yep, dual lob!

MOON'S LIGHT night looms; gloom's hint

ASTRONAUT Santa tour; to a Saturn; NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA
 in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Independent U.S.
 tutor

LUNAR ECLIPSE peculiar lens

SHOOTING STAR shooting star, in astronomy
shooting star, in astronomy: see meteor.
shooting star, in botany
shooting star, in botany: see primrose.
 soars tonight!

APOLLO LANDING SITE spot in Galileo land

HALLEY'S COMET yes, call me hot!

BLACK HOLE hello back!

CLOUD FORMATION um, a cold tin roof?

ASTEROID it soared

STREAKS OF LIGHTNING a night fork glistens

STRATOSPHERE Earth's poster

SALLY K. RIDE I'll dare sky

THE METEOR SHOWER the more, the worse

LUNAR MODULE a modern lulu

J. PATRICK LEWIS J. Patrick Lewis (born May 5 1942 is an American poet and prose writer noted for his children's poems and other light verse. He worked as professor of economics before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1998.  

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