Question

An essay written in this decade answers the non sports fan’s look of “amused superiority and icy scorn” with the claim that truly caring is worth the price of naivete. Luis (“Louie”) Tiant features prominently in Roger Angell’s essay about a World Series in this decade, (-5[1])“Agincourt and After.” Tug McGraw nicknamed the “Ya Gotta Believe” Mets (-5[1])during this decade, (-5[1])during which the Pirates fielded the first all non-white (-5[1])team and had a starting pitcher throw a no hitter while high. A man jumped up and down waving a (*) 12th inning home run fair during this decade. Roberto Clemente died delivering relief to (10[1])Nicaragua during this decade dominated (10[1])by Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, and the Big Red Machine. For 10 points, name this decade during which (10[1])Richard Nixon published his 3,000 (10[1])page report on the best baseball players of all time. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: 1970s [prompt on 70s]
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Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%33%107.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%0%57%125.57
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%133.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%33%101.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y580%0%20%121.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%50%121.25
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%127.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%119.00

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Cade ReinbergerRITSwarthmore44-5
Patrick TorreUMD BNYU55-5
Aum MundheRutgersCornell A58-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AColumbia B67-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay AJHU B10110
Danny PeelenPittJHU A10610
Ben RotkoSwarthmoreRIT12410
Nathan ZhangCornell BUMD A12910
William GrogerColumbia BColumbia A13910
Raymond WangCornell ARutgers14010
Owen MimnoNYUUMD B14010