Historical clue formulations

• Wasn't upstanding — 2024-05-18
• Had an inclination — 2022-10-19
• Listed — 2020-02-27
• Didn't stand up straight — 2015-12-15
• Pitched — 2009-08-01
• Favored one side or the other — 2008-09-21
• Listed — 2006-04-02
• Wasn't quite a ringer — 2005-06-14
• Tilted — 2004-08-17
• Favored, with "toward" — 2000-03-18
• Inclined — 1996-12-19