Word: bat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat...
...stranger in the crowd could doubt t'was Casey at the bat...
...pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate...
Baseball, as a whole, should no more suffer for the acts of two individuals than should any other business. As soon as the American public realized that its national sport is not a sport, that it is paying men to handle a baseball and a bat cleverly, and that it is giving them bonuses for winning, baseball scandals will be accepted as calmly as bankruptcies in Wall Street...
Like a chauffeur that can hang curtains, or a cook that can crochet, a baseball pitcher that can bat is a rare and 'desirable possession. Last week, a committee of sport writers voted one such "most valuable to his team" of all players in the American League this season...