"Put A Little Spin On The Ball" March 21, 2025

A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
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Ashore!
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ashore
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What will a day off work get you? Ashore on page 3! I'll have a Skrewball Whiskey please.
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Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:48 pm On shore and here is what a real 17A glove looks like. Not one of today's behemoths
LB 15.png
A Rawlings LB 15. The LB stands for Lew Burdette, a right-hander for the Braves. He pitched a game against the Pirates in 1959 where the Pirates pitcher, Harvey Haddix, threw a perfect game. A perfect game! For twelve innings! At the age of 33! And lost!

Burdette also pitched a shutout for twelve innings, and in the 13th, Aaron homered.

And I listened to the whole thing on the radio.
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On the beach!
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Ashore
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Ashore, I guess.
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On the shore with a hint from Discord and a list from Google. I hated this one. :x
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Ashore4us. After I calmed down fearing that I know next to nothing about baseball, I took a deep breath, and gave it a go. Smiddick's me please!
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Work again getting in the way of my puzzling....

Definitely need a Tequila and Sprite right now.
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Bird Lives wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:15 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:48 pm On shore and here is what a real 17A glove looks like. Not one of today's behemoths
LB 15.png
A Rawlings LB 15. The LB stands for Lew Burdette, a right-hander for the Braves. He pitched a game against the Pirates in 1959 where the Pirates pitcher, Harvey Haddix, threw a perfect game. A perfect game! For twelve innings! At the age of 33! And lost!

Burdette also pitched a shutout for twelve innings, and in the 13th, Aaron homered.

And I listened to the whole thing on the radio.
@Bird Lives My uncle swore that he threw a spitball.
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I am not a baseball fan, but after looking at a list of Hall of Fame pitchers and comparing, I believe I am on shore.
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Got it
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Solved
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🏝on shore🏝 time for a 🥂
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:desert_island: :tropical_drink: Ashore, surprisingly enough. I had to confirm on the interwebs that the thing I found was the thing I was looking for.
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Caught the ball on the beach!
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Checking in from the shore of the tropical isle of Montreal. The Smarter Half and I have solved the grid and are both staring blankly a smooth surface--no rabbit holes in sight. Not our game, of course, but you'd think something would stand out. Nope, at least not yet.

Good news is that Isaac dropped by with a 12-pack of Unibroue Maudite, which will soon cost 25% more south of the border.

Slainte!
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Ashore. Thanks for the fun.
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Curve ball. It's why she is The Smarter Half: I just tag along to share the glory.

Team Canuck are ashore.

I'd have never ever seen this.
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