Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...visiting Boston Red Sox treated him with proper respect, crippled or not. Twice he came to bat with runners on base, and a buzz of excitement rippled through Yankee Stadium and down the pitcher's back. Twice he banged in a run. The third time, the crowd let go an angry bellow: the Sox, trying to protect a slim lead, sent him to first base on a pass instead of letting him swing at the ball. Joe scored the run that put the Yankees out in front, anyway...
...willowy Leftfielder Ted Williams, 29. He has a batting average of .368, the league's best, despite the variety of defensive shifts against him. And Cleveland would scarcely be out front without the 31-year-old Boudreau. His ankles are bad, and he is notoriously slow on the base paths, but his ability to anticipate plays makes him the best shortstop in baseball this year. In addition, he runs his team and hits...
...Harvard man, Julius H. Soble '27, counsel for Theodore W. Voutritsa, and Francis Juggins, representing Anthony Novicki and Jacob Lewis, said that they will base their appeal on Judge Lewis Goldberg's denial of a motion for directed verdict...
...went down with the torpedoed troopship Dorchester in 1943 after giving their life belts to G.I.s. One of them was Dr. Poling's own son. The inter-faith memorial now being built in Philadelphia will have a Hebrew tabernacle, Catholic altar and Protestant altar on a revolving base...
...third, Jackie muffed an easy grounder. That was the last Giant to get to first base; Pitcher Barney started the double play that wiped him out. From then on, it was three Giants up and three down, as Barney's fast ball and tantalizing curve both clicked...