Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wallace, leading off, was walked. Eckenroth then rolled what looked like an easy double play ball to Dick Stoeber, the opposing third baseman; but he threw the ball wide of second, Wallace going to third and Eckenroth to second. Steve "Legs" Bucek rified a clean single down the third base line, sending in the two runners...
...Wallace decided to make the game more even by handing out a run free of charge. He walked the first batter, Tom Barrett, then picked up Duke Duzukola's easy grounder and spoiled a double killing by heaving the pellet to Carlton in centerfield, Barrett and Duzukola advancing a base of course. Then came the first of two wild pitches, but Eckenroth's throw to Wallace was in time to catch Barrett coming home. On the next wild heave, which Wallace threw soon afterwards, they weren't quickly enough to nab Duzukola before he could cross the platter...
...Stahlmen, undaunted by this sudden outburst, surged right back with five tallies of their own. Bill Foley started it with a sizzling double past third base, Jack Forte followed him with a walk; but Roche forced Forte at second, with Foley advancing to third. Roche started to steal second, and the catcher threw to the base trying to cut him down; but nobody was covering and the ball sailed into center, allowing Foley to score and Roche to reach third. Swegan banged out a single to center scoring Roche, and came home after Allen walked and Wallace belted...
...most localized testing ground-the great Okinawa base-there was evidence of inherent confusion. Into its 485 square miles were packed many thousands of men with many bosses: MacArthur had his ground forces, Nimitz his shore establishments and Spaatz was setting up his B-29 housekeeping command. In addition, both MacArthur and Nimitz had their own air commands...
Farther north, six Chinese columns squeezed Kweilin's defenders "like a turtle in a jar." When Kweilin fell, the Chinese would have recovered the seventh. U.S. air base since the Japanese turned north...