"U" KNOW YOU KNOW
To avoid bad luck, don't open one of these indoors
AN UMBRELLA
To execute one of these, a batter squares his body to the pitcher & makes contact with the top half of the ball
A BUNT
Onion,
wedding,
Saturn's
ring
This process used in energy production is short for hydraulic fracturing
Fracking
Rich Uncle Pennybags: this board game
monopoly
To be moved to first class on an airplane when your original seat was in coach
Upgrade
If you're on third base, take your lead in this territory; you won't be out if you get hit by a batted ball
FOUL TERRITORY
Candy,
side,
crow
bar
Stephen Fry tweeted, "Books are no more threatened by " this Amazon device "than stairs by elevators"
kindle
A dog named Bullseye: this retailer
target
It can mean a mischievous child, a hedgehog or a sea creature
an urchin
To play this position, you'll need the gear somewhat unfairly called "the tools of ignorance"
CATCHER
Over,
mother,
diving
board
In 1959 the USPS tried sending mail via a cruise type of this--it never took off as a delivery method
missile
This dapper guy: Planters
mr. peanut
This vehicle popular with jugglers was developed from the penny-farthing
a Unicycle
To throw this pitch that brought fame to Carl Hubbell & Tug McGraw, grip the ball with two fingers, then turn your wrist in a corkscrew motion so it breaks the opposite way from a curveball
A SCREWBALL
Cape,
French,
Little Big
horn
The Argand burner, which ran on oil, revolutionized the lighting of these, like the one at Cape Hatteras
a lighthouse
This bird with a long, colorful bill: Froot Loops
toucan sam
DAILY DOUBLE: This nation is located East of the democratic republic of congo and west of Kenya
Uganda
On a hit to right with a runner on second, the first baseman moves into the middle of the infield to become this "man"
THE CUTOFF MAN
Falling,
morning,
Death
star
Berlin's Magnetbahn used this technology to move its trains
maglev
Elsie the Cow: this dairy company
borden