Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours earlier, just about the time when Henry Aaron was taking his second to last whacks at batting practice, 150 of Philadelphia's ballpark salesmen walked...
...scored 158 times, batted in 137 runs and stole 14 bases, is still the best year any major leaguer ever had. Ruth's slugging average (the production of extra base hits), a spectacular .847, remains unsurpassed to this day, when an average of .600 is considered excellent (Hank Aaron's slugging average is around...
Thus, once 'again, as three times in our past when we faced great crises-the attempt by Aaron Burr to steal the election of 1800, the Civil War and the Great Depression-the Constitution and the political processes that it nourished proved themselves tough and enduring. Without disorder, confusion or even excessive bitterness, we have quietly forced Mr. Nixon out of office and quietly installed Mr. Ford. This is a revolution. In most countries of the globe it would be a violent revolution, but in the U.S. it is peaceful and legal. It is in deed constitutional revolution...
...There is nothing in sport like the head-to-head combat between pitcher and batter," he says. Nonetheless, if Marshall had his way, he would not be in baseball at all. "I wish I could get the great hitters of today-Joe Torre, Willie McCovey, Hank Aaron-to drop by Michigan State so I could pitch against them on weekends," says Marshall. That way he could concentrate on his first love: education. While learning how to pitch in the minor leagues, Marshall managed to complete the requirements for a master's degree in physical education at Michigan State...
Babe Ruth's record-buster Hank Aaron stepped up to the plate at the All-Star game in Pittsburgh last week looking like thunder. The Atlanta Braves had fired Manager Ed Mathews, then announced that Hank would not get the job. "They should have asked me," said Hank. Then he underlined the fact that baseball has yet to have a black manager. "I'd probably say yes. Maybe that's what they are afraid of." The team also ruled out his brother Tommie, 34, manager of Atlanta's AA team in Savannah, now in a tight...