| 单词 | spitball |
| 例句 | "What is it you want? You're looking very flushed and flustered this morning. What's the matter with you? Have those little stinkers been flicking spitballs at you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z What a bunch of jerks we’d been, firing spitballs at a kid just because his hippie hair made a big target. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The teacher returned to reading his newspaper while the students threw spitballs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I threw spitballs at him, which is even harder to do when you have your hands clasped over your head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He would be a living, breathing bull’s-eye for spitballs, rubber bands, apple cores, and flying soup. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Which might explain why I almost didn’t notice something else that was different about today: there wasn’t a single spitball lodged in Cap Anderson’s hair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I stared at him, the target of more of my spitballs than everybody else put together. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldstein was not amused when he returned to see the typing room, including his desk, covered with spitballs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Mr. Mwila,” he said—and Lucy practically swooned—“it isn’t fair. Why should we all be punished because someone”—he looked at Ant—“threw the first spitball?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z After removing the core, we chewed up bits of maize pith and shoved them down the barrel, followed by paper spitballs to create a seal. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z But the next week there was a spitball fight in our typing class, which blew our cover. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He stands on his head, to improve the circulation to his brain, or he throws spitballs at the ceiling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Goldstein, the typing teacher, left the room and the spitball fight started, the girls joined in with a vengeance. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I get swarmed and thanked by kids who are usually bombarding me with spitballs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “DuShawn is DuShawn, okay? The only way he knows to get the message across to Addie that he likes her is to nail her with spitballs and slip whoopee cushions under her butt.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The minute I shot that spitball in the cafeteria, I could feel Zach noticing me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Why share it with only the two Daniels, who were with me in the office awaiting sentence for our spitball war, when there was a perfectly good microphone a few feet away, unattended and live. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I shut my mouth and kept it shut, trying to keep my eyes off the spitball still lodged just above Cap’s left ear. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The way I got to really know her, I had to stay after school one day for flipping spitballs, and she was staying late so Miss Neppie could help her catch up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Everybody sat there, then everybody screamed and shot even more paper clips at each other and Brandon Goff pinned me down and shoved spitballs in my ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Even the Daniels—two-thirds of the spitball war—had been cut loose while I was doing time. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Bullies couldn’t pelt me with spitballs, give me atomic wedgies, or pummel me by the bike rack after school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I left my body standing in front of her, suffering spitballs and whispered insults. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "They knew how to throw the spitballs without catching the light. There is one that is actually in the film." Shirley MacLaine still setting her own terms 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The radical, ultimately unwelcome, spitball of a beleaguered executive was actually a Solomonic response to a disorienting new reality. Why allowing texting in movie theaters might have been a brilliant idea 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The cartoonists and graphic novelists who live and work here are a motley, back-of-the-classroom crowd, happily throwing spitballs at our conventions, our inhibitions, our unabashed pleasantness. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z And another said that angry tweets are simply “spitballs on a battleship.” Social Media Arguments: Can’t-Win Propositions 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “They knew how to throw the spitballs without catching the light. There is one that is actually in the film.” Old Hollywood story of the day 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The white splotches looked like nuclear spitballs, and they were everywhere. When I parented my father 2013-03-04T23:57:00Z Do you have a good eye when it comes to spitballs? From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He's preaching to us, and he's the kind of preacher we'd like to shower with spitballs. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z And I asked them to sort of spitball about things that might have happened if Kennedy had lived. ArtsBeat Blog: Errol Morris Interviews Stephen King 2011-11-10T14:39:00Z I'm waiting for one of them to throw a spitball at the teacher ... Tough reviews for Jim Lehrer as debate moderator 2012-10-04T06:46:04Z Instead, Breitbart mostly uses its culture pages to aim spitballs at Hollywood lefties. How Conservative Sites Turn Celebrity Despair on Its Head 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Parton asked for my business card and began to spitball opportunities. How Dolly Parton Nearly Hired Our Columnist Away 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z She expected him to spitball a few potential ideas, but instead, Zigler — who teaches an elective course called “Making for Social Good” — asked her for permission to consult with his high school students. A teacher was pregnant. Students built a device so her spouse, who uses a wheelchair, can stroll with the baby. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Opening soon is a shrewdly timed adaptation of George Orwell’s “1984”; Michael Moore arrives later this summer blowing Broadway-size spitballs at the White House. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z I make big "spitballs" of the paper and toss them out with the rest of the garbage. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Avoid falling objects 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z It was the body language of the players as much as the music that hinted at weeks spent not only rehearsing together, but also eating and hiking and dodging spitballs. Finding a Musical Ideal in the Vermont Woods 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Bolaño was a master at shooting spitballs from the back of the classroom, and he made his share of enemies. Books of The Times: Freewheeling Essays, to Be Consumed With a Cocktail 2011-06-07T14:01:39Z If he opens his mouth, it’s to spitball. Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In a space no bigger than a classroom, the audience, sitting on three sides, is spitball distance from the bickering, the posturing and revelations of what lies beneath. Review: In ‘Exception to the Rule,’ Detention Is Sinister 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z One time they had fun flinging spitballs at a painting of President Andrew Jackson. A boy makes his home at White House for first time in a half-century 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z He lobbed literary spitballs from afar, hoping to catch someone’s attention. The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z "Hangover II" is more like a spitball meeting, a series of ideas that might, in theory, be good enough for a sequel, than it is an actual movie. 'Hangover 2': Yep, we're waking up here. Again. 2011-05-25T13:10:00Z I first came in for two weeks just to spitball. Bourne legacy set to continue 2012-06-28T10:51:41Z MLB officials banned the spitball, because they were afraid a pitcher might lose control of the slippery pitch and kill another player. Perspective | ‘Sticky stuff,’ spitballs, steroids and other ways MLB players have broken the rules to win 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Antagonistic audiences pummeled the early Marx Brothers with, as Harpo recalled, “sticks, bricks, spitballs, cigar butts, peach pits and chewed-out stalks of sugar cane.” ‘The Comedians’: An antic history of the people who make us laugh 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Mostly unchastened, she is still lobbing spitballs in the face of convention. Is the Celebrity Editor Becoming Extinct? 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z It suggests a frustrated, overwrought student insurrectionist lobbing Molotov spitballs at a decaying establishment. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z “Just wanted to spitball if we wanted to say ‘feel pressure to go big,’ ‘to show out,’ ‘to impress’ — or do we like ‘to perform’?” Jay Shetty went from monk to celebrity life coach. Just don't call him a 'guru' 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Having to indulge every amateur suggestion in a spitballing session can feel as offensive as if the spitballs were literal. Perspective | Work Advice: Boss wants everyone’s input on my work, even if they lack expertise 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner was a master of the spitball who wrote a book about using pitch. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z He was known for spitballs that infuriated batters. Population Growth Is Making Hurricanes More Expensive 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z When baseball tweaked its rules in 1973, giving umpires more freedom to deal with suspected spitballs, the rule change was widely believed to have been inspired by Mr. Perry. Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z He needed an edge and learned the spitball from San Francisco teammate Bob Shaw. Gaylord Perry, two-time Cy Young winner, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Though his version of the spitball — more of a slobber ball — can be a bit overwhelming. Mariners ‘hit a home run’ with addition of Tucker, their new clubhouse dog 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z When my wife told me that Roger died, I remembered the spitballs first. Perspective | Life was a ball with Roger Angell. How lucky we were to read about it. 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z His employees see it as a kind of revenge move by someone who was a constant target of spitballs from the media cool kids. If Gawker Is Nice, Is It Still Gawker? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Perry claimed in his autobiography that he had stopped throwing the spitball, and while opponents scoffed at that claim umpires failed to find “foreign substances” on his body or uniform during games. Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z With a growing belief that spitballs were making the game dangerous for batters, the sport formally outlawed them before the 1920 season. Baseball’s Sticky Situation 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z During the last hour of the lecture, the male students rained down a barrage of tinfoil wads, paper missiles, spitballs, and tobacco wads upon the women. Revisiting the Pennsylvania "She Doctor" panic of 1869 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z So when baseball banned the spitball, Hinkle got off the train in Broad Ripple, Indiana, and spent the next 49 years coaching three sports, serving as athletic director,and teaching classes at Butler. Indiana Snapshot: Butler’s pitch to Hinkle changed sport 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z It's easier to be the Party of No, lobbing spitballs at the go-getters. Democrats can save themselves with this One Weird Trick: Reject the Trump census 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z But in 1964 he learned the spitball from pitcher Bob Shaw, and began to excel. Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But based on history, that timeframe is sure to slip and parents will throw spitballs at the governor. The next few weeks are crucial for Newsom as he faces a GOP-led recall effort 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Because of Facebook’s massive size, the effects of any exoduses are, so far, negligible, like attacking a T. rex with spitballs. Why it’s easy to hate Facebook but hard to leave 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He dabbled in trickery to survive in later years, throwing spitballs and mudballs. In a Golden Era for the Yankees, the Mound Belonged to Whitey Ford 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Ford later told interviewers that he sometimes threw spitballs and nicked, muddied, scraped or otherwise tampered with baseballs to make his pitches harder to hit. Whitey Ford, Yankees pitching ace who led team to six world titles, dies at 91 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z He began wetting his fingers and throwing spitballs in the 15th inning, then chewed a brown tablet provided by one of his teammates in the 20th. Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z If they were expecting to teach Tech 101 to a group of clueless lawmakers, they instead found themselves in the principal’s office, being confronted with evidence of the spitballs they’d thrown. Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z These sessions often turn into monologues in which the president spitballs woolly conspiracy theories from Breitbart, Fox News and hangers-on at Mar-a-Lago, say intelligence officials who are familiar with his briefings. Opinion | Donald Trump, the unbriefable president 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Unlike baseball, where the spitball has long been illegal, some methods in cricket are a well-established part of the game. Saliva ban forces cricket players to rethink their swing 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z He was cocksure and intense — some said arrogant — on the pitcher’s mound, armed with a baffling arsenal of fastballs, curveballs, sliders and, he later admitted, spitballs. Whitey Ford, Yankees pitching ace who led team to six world titles, dies at 91 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Aided by his spitball, he pitched 10 scoreless innings, helping the Giants win, 8-6, after 23 innings, in one of the longest games in baseball history. Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z For weeks, the local paper printed a full page of letters revealing sentiments like "Live ammunition! Well, really, what did they expect, spitballs?" From Kent State to Trump: 50 years later, the same divides plague America 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z If you’re more of a baseball fan, you might be surprised to learn that in cricket, the spitball is absolutely legal. L.P.G.A. Shifts Schedule Once Again 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “By the way, at a press conference in front of the country, is not the time to spitball ideas -- medical ideas -- when you’re a not doctor,” Stern said, according to the paper. Howard Stern stands behind comments suggesting Trump supporters take disinfectants 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z There was corking the bat, spitballs, grease balls, Vaseline balls, baseball tampering, steroids, gambling and more that don’t come to mind right now. Letters: Astros' cheating scandal has real staying power 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Accompanied by a robot bartender that, through facial recognition software, remembers your drink preference, a light-up demon babydoll, and a boatload of tools, the team gathers to spitball ideas. We visited the studio that puts high-tech fashion on Billy Porter and Janelle Monáe 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “You can practically throw a spitball and hit a badly named company.” 'It could be mistaken for satire’: the explosive memoir exposing Silicon Valley 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z You just had to dodge the occasional spitball. The Impeachment Show Fleshes Out Its Back Story 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The staff gathers every Monday to spitball what questions will be irresistible to traders. These gamblers are putting money on the outcome of the impeachment inquiry 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Please, a bully who just the day before shot a spitball into a classmate’s ear. What to play: 'Untitled Goose Game' gives us the rebel superhero we need — a goose 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Early in the creative process, as Stahelski, Reeves and the rest of the film’s creative team were starting to spitball about where Wick’s story could go, Stahelski would wander through New York, looking for ideas. How the ‘John Wick 3’ team and an NBA player pulled off that fight in a library 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The rule is meant to prevent spitballs, and pine tar is the last thing you would want to use to throw a spitball. Backtalk: Times readers sound off Yusei Kikuchi, Doug Baldwin and Seahawks 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The specter of the dark arts would indeed follow Roe to his grave; when he died in 2008, the word “spitball” appeared in the headline of his New York Times obituary. The Secrets of Pitching’s Outlaws 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Umpires rarely cracked down on illegal pitches such as spitballs or curveballs coated in Vaseline or pine tar. After 1968’s ‘Year of the Pitcher,’ MLB lowered the mound. Now, the league could do it again. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z But there’s always an audience eager to keep those spitballs in the air. Wild Speculation Isn’t Worth Much. A ‘Theory,’ However... 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z He and his friends had deposited spitballs on presidential portraits in the White House. A glimpse into the heartache and high jinks in Theodore Roosevelt’s life 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He likes to spitball with staff and study how to frame his policy achievements. Cuomo vs. Nixon Debate? It’s Already Heated (Literally) 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z After two chaotic decades or so, the spitball was banned for 1920, the same year the country went dry under Prohibition. The Secrets of Pitching’s Outlaws 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “Bullies couldn’t pelt me with spitballs, give me atomic wedgies, or pummel me by the bike rack after school. No one could even touch me. In here, I was safe.” If you want to know how we ended up in a cyber dystopia, read Ready Player One 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Without shared evidence or explicit reasoning, a theory is just a befuddling spectacle — spitballs taking flight. Wild Speculation Isn’t Worth Much. A ‘Theory,’ However... 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Roosevelt made Quentin clean the spitballs off the targeted portraits, and the next day arraigned the youngsters. A glimpse into the heartache and high jinks in Theodore Roosevelt’s life 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She was the target of spitballs and racial jokes. A Virginia community steeped in Civil War lore grapples with a desire for change 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Since the researchers couldn’t always track a spitball back to the monkey who made it, the exact numbers are a little vague. Monkeys in Florida have deadly herpes, so please don’t touch them 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It was village and farm, the hick with the spitball, the yokel with the level swing. Analysis | Baseball didn’t always love home runs. Here’s how they took over the game. 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z It is a legal maneuver he uses for a better grip, not a spitball. Being Like Mike: The Indians’ Corey Kluber Makes Winning Look Easy 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Since we know some guys will be reported for more than one offense, it’s fair to spitball something like one in a thousand will be accused. Why Moms of Sons Accused of Campus Sexual Assault Are Banding Together 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It was only a bit more than a year ago that they were hurling verbal spitballs at one another. Opinion | Little Marco shrinks down to Trump’s size 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Coaches spitball ideas, Enfield bats down or approves some of them, and they move on. USC surges after Bennie Boatwright's return, using tricks it learned without him 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A tremendous catalogue of trick pitches made this possible: spitball, licorice ball, elm ball, shine ball, paraffin ball. Analysis | Baseball didn’t always love home runs. Here’s how they took over the game. 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z And, of course, soon they won’t be able to spit tobacco all over the turf, something that’s been around in baseball for well over a century and helped popularize the spitball in the old days. Column: No more Lady Gaga, and that might not be a bad thing 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Not every morning, but a few per month, kids fired spitballs at me. Confessions of a Cubs fan 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The spitball became such a part of Perry’s legacy that small packages of Vaseline were placed under the seats of those who attended his ceremony. For Seattle Mariners, Patience Plus Promise Could Equal Playoffs 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z As on so many issues, Trump has been all posture, no policy, a master of the spitball soundbite who refuses to talk substance. Donald Trump Is ‘Flabbergastingly Ignorant’ on Security 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s not as if Sanders spitballs answers, contradicts himself time and again or tells outright lies. The loose-cannon candidate may be the new normal | James Nevius 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Many players were plainly addicted to chaw, but others reaped strategic benefits from it, such as lubricating gloves and providing moisture for spitballs. New York's chewing tobacco ban shows dipping is yesterday's pastime 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z There was no downside, he added, to an arrangement that asked him to spitball ideas without any pressure. Ad Agency Enlists Comedians to Get the Creative Juices Flowing 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Senior year required “a few more spitball sessions.” Career Coaching for the Playdate Generation 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Vargo was trying to enforce baseball’s new rule designed to curb spitballs. Baseball’s Enduring Oddities 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z They've all focused on one thing: the pod, the capsule that may one day ferry passengers through the Hyperloop like a spitball through a straw. Forget the School Bus, High Schoolers Dream of Hyperloop 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z As the spitball was outlawed and cigarettes became an almost glamorous accessory, some ballplayers gradually weaned themselves off chewing tobacco – but it never went away entirely. New York's chewing tobacco ban shows dipping is yesterday's pastime 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z They just wanted to brainstorm, to vent, to spitball ideas. Melanie Whelan of SoulCycle: Find the Questions in Every Answer 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Take a scene early in "Armada" in which a typical bully is lobbing spitballs at an acne-addled freak. Geeks are the new overlords. Great. Now can we get over ourselves? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Still, says Weber, Republicans have "one decent shot" at derailing the deal: sapping diplomatic goodwill between the two countries with "carefully calibrated spitballs" aimed at Iran. Views You Can Use: Done Deal 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z After Perry’s book came out in 1974, baseball allowed umpires to rule any pitch that moved suspiciously to be a ‘spitball’. Baseball's own Deflategate happened years ago – and was much better 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z We want boys to sit still for hours in the classroom without physical exercise, pay attention to their teachers, and not throw spitballs. The ADHD Fallacy: It's Time To Stop Treating Childhood as a Disease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z If you throw a spitball, you impact a game — get caught, get suspended. Consider Pete Rose for Hall of Fame, but don’t let him back into baseball 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Each of these is a spitball, needling the reader. Geeks are the new overlords. Great. Now can we get over ourselves? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z “Ted Cruz had the highest bar to reach — and he exceeded it,” said the Iowa event’s host, Rep. Steve King, a Cruz ally and regular at his office pizza parties where they spitball strategy. Ted Cruz seeks role of 'disruptive app'; some colleagues would hit delete 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Senate gadflies are about to learn that being in the majority is far different than throwing spitballs from the minority. If the GOP wins the Senate, then what? The subtext of a tip is: "Listen guys, do you mind if I spitball an idea around with you? What's that? Come back in five minutes? OK, no probs, really sorry for bothering you." I don't want Pope Francis's 'tips' for a happy life – I want terrifying commandments dictated by God 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And somewhere in the back of the room, two Brits giggle while throwing spitballs and passing notes about pranking Morrissey and feeding Ketamine to interns. We Smoked Salvia in the Himalayas With the Brits Behind @Vice_Is_Hip The spitballs have come from abroad as well. Critics Trash Obama's Big Foreign Policy Address 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “The era of the spitball is gone,” Collins declared, and the era of discretion is in. On Baseball: Missing on Mound: A Dab of Discretion 2014-04-25T01:32:36Z One example that House mentions is Quentin Roosevelt getting in trouble for shooting spitballs at a portrait of President Andrew Jackson. White House book features stories about kids 2014-02-11T22:32:57Z “They aren’t sitting in the back with their feet up on the chairs hurling spitballs.” Chastened G.O.P. Tries to Foil Insurgents at Primary Level 2014-02-10T02:16:21Z Owen was a good catcher and could handle just about any pitch, except the spitball Casey threw, which broke so wildly that nobody could have handled it. In-Box: Letters to the Sports Editor 2013-06-22T16:59:41Z In an interview with The Associated Press, Garrett Broshuis says he fooled around with a spitball a few years ago, but couldn't bring himself to use the illegal pitch in a game. Ex-minor leaguer says baseball cheating lives 2013-05-25T17:10:10Z It was Buchholz's first meeting with the Blue Jays since Toronto broadcaster Jack Morris accused him of throwing a spitball after he beat them in a game on May 1. Lind's solo homer lifts Jays past Red Sox, 3-2 2013-05-11T21:31:09Z One start after Toronto broadcaster Jack Morris accused him of throwing a spitball, Buchholz was rescued from his first loss of the season by the Boston comeback. Twins lose 6-5 to Red Sox in 11 innings 2013-05-07T05:37:09Z Or maybe he is angling for a grandfather clause like the one that allowed Burleigh Grimes to keep throwing legal spitballs even after baseball banned the pitch in 1920. Finchem And 'The Greater Good' 2013-02-26T05:00:00Z Could they "grandfather" in those already anchoring the long putter as baseball did when it banned the spitball in 1920 but allowed 17 guys already tossing it to continue? Ron Sirak: Settling In For A Long Fight 2012-11-20T05:00:00Z He’s not just throwing spitballs at the majority. The Legal Mind Behind Arizona's Immigration Law 2012-06-27T00:05:44Z Long before he was going through all the spitball antics, he was a consistent winner for the Giants, Indians and other teams. Gaylord Perry no longer throwing spitters — allegedly 2012-05-26T23:42:33Z It’s sad that what should be a day of quiet satisfaction – the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, the killer of nearly 3,000 innocents – has degenerated into a political spitball fight. Why the Anniversary of Osama bin Laden's Death Is a Sad Celebration 2012-05-02T06:30:00Z But Braves pitcher Lew Burdette was mowing down the Pirates as well, albeit while allowing 12 hits, all singles, and using what was widely believed to be a spitball to get out of jams. Remembering the perfect game that wasn't 2012-04-28T23:04:04Z FYI: If you are interesting in the spitball experiment, you will need to find a way to standardize the “blowing” of the spitball. Anatomy of a Science Fair Project 2012-01-14T16:15:07.813Z I understand the logic and I've also listened to arguments that a player like Gaylord Perry is in the Hall of Fame despite throwing an illegal spitball. Lingering taint of steroids era complicates Hall of Fame voting 2011-12-25T01:40:05Z Those details ricocheted around Twitter as Breitbots gleefully spread the lurid stories like spitballs. Lessons I won't learn from Weinergate 2011-06-01T14:02:00Z “The easy thing to do is to go in your corner and throw political spitballs,” Mr. Plouffe said in an interview Saturday. News Analysis: In Budget Deal, Signs of Obama?s Path to the Middle 2011-04-09T17:40:20Z No adversary seeks to fool him with speed or spitballs. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Perhaps something like: How does the type of paper affect the stickiness of the spitball? Anatomy of a Science Fair Project 2012-01-14T16:15:07.813Z A 9-year-old perp was questioned by police about a plan to launch a spitball with a rubber band; he had to undergo psychological counseling before he could go back to class. Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense 2011-03-13T05:10:00Z He lives a spitball away from the school, in a house that assistant basketball coach Chuck Chew and his wife, Crystal Wissness, purchased for him almost four years ago. Auburn's Bobby Vogel: The happiest man in town 2011-02-08T05:14:31Z This was a distressingly convenient argument, allowing the bravos of the right and left to retreat to their respective bunkers and begin firing spitballs. Joe Klein: Arms and the Unbalanced 2011-01-13T08:30:00Z In the end, I didn't have a vote in the 1960s and 1970s, nor did I have a say about Gaylord Perry and his spitballs. Jeff Bagwell poses new problem on an ever-complicated Hall of Fame ballot 2011-01-05T17:27:06Z For example: How does the length of the straw affect the distance traveled by a spitball? Anatomy of a Science Fair Project 2012-01-14T16:15:07.813Z "Back then, you wouldn't throw spitballs, because you were afraid of the consequences," said Darr Kuykendall, a worker for a plumbing supply company. Texas city revives paddling as it takes a swat at misbehavior 2010-04-16T04:00:00Z "Ordinary weapons are as much use to us as spitballs." The Giants From Outer Space There were others who took no end of pains to make paper arrows, or spitballs that would stick to the ceiling. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Smith, the big spitball pitcher of the Bears, who had been held in reserve, was chosen to pitch, and for three innings the teams fought for the opening without a real chance to score. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Here, the independent variable is the length of the straw and the dependent variable is the distance traveled by the spitball. Anatomy of a Science Fair Project 2012-01-14T16:15:07.813Z Other things are as humorous as these are pathetic, such as making spitballs of written prayers and pasting the god with them. Letters from China and Japan You might stick yourselves right in the way of one of them spitballs. The Black Box There are also other modifications called "the fade away," "the spitball," and others. Outdoor Sports and Games The cunning of Clancy was shown in his choice of the big pitcher, whose speed and spitball kept the Jackrabbit batters hitting toward right field or sending slow, easy bounders down toward the pitcher. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Now, Fred sent in two more spitballs, then changed to other styles. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond At six o'clock that evening, with a five-dollar bill of which he made a spitball for the judge's departing figure down the station platform, he was shipped back to Hanscha. The Vertical City And the poor professor on his departure would find his hat crown dented in or its nap roughened up, or he would sally home innocently carrying spitballs on the skirts of his overcoat. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel I don't care if you don't know a spitball from a fadeaway when you see it. Buttered Side Down: Stories A stare began to set in, as obviously innocent as a small boy's between spitballs. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It A very imp had sat on the spitball that Prescott bowled in. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond There was no evidence, save that after the arrest a large number of spitballs were found around the courtyard under his cell window. Gold of the Gods I cal'late she can hit a nail head ten foot off with a spitball three times out of four, and she can whisper loud enough to be understood in Jericho. Cy Whittaker's Place The teachers had forbidden me to throw paper wads, or spitballs. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it But the very first "spitball" which spattered upon the blackboard proved a disastrous missile for its thrower. Cy Whittaker's Place Being smart is a worse fault," he said, "than throwing spitballs. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it I thought I could go through the motion of throwing a spitball without letting it go. 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