Word: babe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, not all AL pitchers have been poor hitters. Seventy years ago, a mound prospect named George Herman Ruth hit so well for the Red Sox and Yankees that he was moved to the outfield where he could play everyday. The "Babe" had the most famous nickname ever, but thousands of players have been saddled with less notable monickers. Two points for each of the following players' nicknames...
DIED. Roger Maris, 51, slugging outfielder, mostly for the New York Yankees (1960-66), who in 1961 became the first player to hit 61 home runs in a single season, breaking the record 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927; of lymphatic cancer; in Houston. As the homers piled up, he grimly endured hostile media attention and threats from fans who did not want the revered Ruth's achievement overturned; Maris' record carries an asterisk, since it was set in a 162-game season, which was eight games longer than the schedules of Ruth...
With a compendium this massive, the unavoidable starting point is the familiar songs, the ones that flit by on the radio whenever a disc jockey feels guilty or important. "It Ain't Me, Babe," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Just Like a Woman," and the other early folk-rock crossover songs that established Dylan as a popular artist as well as an intellectual hero resonate as you stare at the words on the page. At once they seem to be both more and less than what they are when sung...
...Dodgers' Bob Welch striking him out in the World Series. It's a good feeling to strike out Reggie Jackson." By doing so, Saberhagen, 21, became the fifth most precocious 20-game winner in major-league history, displacing by a couple of months a young pitcher named Babe Ruth. "Gosh," said Saberhagen. Kansas City's only Ruthian player, Third Baseman George Brett, homered in Saberhagen's behalf, and in following games did the same for Bud Black and Danny Jackson. The Royals waved the Angels away to Texas a game behind, while Kansas City awaited the Oakland...
...score both runs and make a defensive dive for the final out, but unbelievably in the seventh inning, he duplicated his inaugural 1963 triple off Pittsburgh's Bob Friend, an identical shot into the left-field corner. Could Rose be starting over? "In total bases, I'm right on Babe Ruth's heels now," he said, meaning 116 behind. "And I've got a chance to catch Cobb in runs...