Word: babe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...performance of a third junior back emphatically illustrated Jordan's wisdom in not moving Joslin to wing. John (Babe) Simourian scored three of the nine Harvard touchdowns, intercepting a UMass pass and racing 70 yards for one, and grabbing passes from Botsford for two others. The figures for his ball carrying performance are equally impressive--he carried five times for 104 yards and a 21-yard average...
...could have been bigger. Gil McDougald could be forgiven for failing to tag third and score on Mantle's long fly to right. Casey could even overlook Billy Martin's first-inning bobble that had given the Sox their run. (No sooner had Billy received the Babe Ruth Award for his outstanding performance in the 1953 Series, when he let a routine grounder scoot through his legs.) The Indians might win in Boston, but the Yanks would still be right on their backs...
...flamboyant journalism became sensational not only about sex ("LAW CAN'T TOUCH ME"-BABY'S FATHER) and crime (MOTHER SLAYS BABE IN WOODS TO MAKE WAY FOR LOVER), but about the most important national and international news as well. For example, more in the interest of slam-bang headlines than from political conviction, Britain's popular dailies outdid each other the minute the U.S. made the announcement in March 1954 of the destructive powers of the hydrogen bomb. HELL BOMB, HORROR BOMB, and other black-scare headlines filled every Page One, along with such articles...
...memory of Babe Ruth's great 1927 hitting spree of 60 home runs has haunted every major league season since then...
...Babe's overall major league record: 714 homers, including 40 or more a year for eleven years, a batting average of better than .370 for six years, topped...