Word: babe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...health was excellent last week. The long-nagging pain in his back had almost disappeared; he took a couple of dips a day in the White House pool (floating on his back one afternoon, he called out to a swimming companion: "I wonder if Maris or Mantle will beat Babe Ruth's record?"), and he was looking forward to playing some golf this fall. During the weeks when his back ailment had limited his physical activity, he had gained 10 Ibs., and his face appeared puffy; now he was down to 175 Ibs. and, although there were...
...hold the rabbit ball responsible point in triumph to the evidence. With more than a month to go, the major-league sluggers have poled 2,094 balls into home-run territory-a figure that, extended to season's end, will set a record. For the first time, Babe Ruth's durable record of 60 home runs, set in 1927, is threatened by two men: Yankee Sluggers Mickey Mantle (45 home runs to date) and Roger Maris, who brought his total to 48 last week, with seven home runs in six games. As a clincher, lively ball theorists cite...
...memento-strewn Manhattan apartment, Claire Ruth, widow of baseball's Sultan of Swat, pondered the growing possibility that the Babe's 1927 record of 60 homers in a single season may be beaten this year by Yankee Sluggers Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Said she: "I know they say records are made to be broken, but deep down in my heart I hope it doesn't happen." Even if Mantle or Maris should succeed, however, Mrs. Ruth saw consolations: "At least it will be a Yankee who did it. And everyone will remember Babe as the first...
...hapless Chicago White Sox, the Yankees scored 26 runs, all but eight of them on home runs. In the opening doubleheader, Roger Maris hit four homers, took over the league leadership (with 40) from Teammate Mickey Mantle (who hit two in three days) and spurted 22 games ahead of Babe Ruth's record 1927 pace. Second-string Yankee Catcher Johnny Blanchard tied a major-league record by hitting four consecutive homers, and even Third Baseman Cletis Boyer (batting average: .231) hit three in two games. Moaned beleaguered Chicago Manager Al Lopez: "I think the fans want to see some...
...first player elected to baseball's Hall of Fame (he received 222 votes to 215 for Babe Ruth), Cobb was a superb athlete. But, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he had a fatal flaw: his compulsion to win was too strong. Cantankerous and mean, he was heartily hated by his Tiger teammates-particularly during his six-year hitch (1921-26) as player-manager-and got involved in countless brawls. He fought a bloody battle with Umpire George Moriarity, once stormed the New York grandstand to attack a crippled heckler. His two marriages ended in bitterness and divorce...