After all the worry about materials shortages, it looked last week as if the businessman's worst pinch would be in manpower.
For it was the game's best reliever, Oakland's Dennis Eckersley, protecting a one-run lead with a runner on against the Dodgers' ailing MVP, Kirk Gibson, who volunteered to pinch .
As businessmen had expected, rubber last week became the first civilian item to feel the pinch of war.
Ross' pinch-hit home run leads Diamondbacks past Marlins Cody Ross hit a three-run, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning to spoil an outstanding outing by Miami's young Jose Fernandez, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the Marlins 3-1 Wednesday.
June 20, 2013 - CBS Sports
Blanco Pinch-Hit Triple Leads Giants Over Padres 4-2 Gregor Blanco had a pinch hit, two-run triple in the seventh inning, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
June 19, 2013 - CBS San Francisco
Prince Harry in The Associated Press Harry said it was "a bit of a pinch yourself moment" to stand on the flight deck of the Intrepid, a historic aircraft carrier docked on Manhattan's West Side.
Mike Lowell in MLB.com When Jacoby and Cam come back, I just don't really know what my role is,Lowell said. "With those two in the lineup, I don't know who would I hit for. When I hit, I get pinch-run for. I don't play defense."
David Petraeus in FayObserver.com You have to pinch yourself a little to make sure that is real because that is a very significant development in this kind of operation in counterinsurgency,Petraeus said. "It's all about the local people. When all the sudden the local...