Word: balling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...World Series is much more than Gibson against McLain. Both the Cardinals and the Tigers are exciting, balanced ball clubs with a multitude of star performers...
...third touchdown of the day that really showed off the Crimson aerial acrobatics. On fourth down and 4 on Northeastern's 40 yardline, Champi took the ball from center, rolled left and winged a strike 40 yards in the air to Szaro who had turned on his speed to beat the Huskie defenders. Champi has an incredibly strong arm, and his passs, even the long ones, were low, quick, and accurate...
...Tiger Ace Denny McLain was coasting to his 31st victory on a five-run lead. Up stepped Mantle for perhaps his last time at bat in Tiger Stadium. Mickey took a called strike, fouled off two more pitches, and then signaled with his bat for Denny to put the ball belt-high, where he likes it. Denny served it up, and Mick lined the ball into the upper deck for his 535th home run. As he rounded the bases, he moved past Jimmy Foxx into third place in the alltime homer derby, behind Babe Ruth (714) and Willie Mays...
...minute World Series spots to Nixon and Humphrey (at $40,000 per), only to run into the objections of Baseball Commissioner William Eckert, who complained that the fans should not be distracted by national issues during the national game. At week's end, Eckert decided to play ball. After all, officials of the Olympics, that bastion of amateurism, did not quibble when Nixon's camp bought some $500,000 worth of TV time to be aired during the Mexico City games...
...both Senator Eugene McCarthy and President Johnson, contends that Czechoslovakia was at worst a passing interruption in the steady progress being made towards east-west detente. The second theory is that Russian use of force in supressing the reforms in Czechoslovakia indicates we are no longer playing the old ball game, that we are now dealing with Soviet leaders who will be as unpredictable and possibly as hostile as Stalin...