Word: bats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Future, Not the Past. While the judge forgave the immediate past, the Braves worried about the immediate future. A World Series against the World Champion Yankees was certain to be an uphill fight for the Braves. There was always a chance that Aaron's bat (TIME, July 29) might fail to work its familiar miracles. Second Baseman Red Schoendienst, the old pro who had carried them through the stretch (TIME, Sept. 2), could be counted on for a steady series, and most of Manager Fred Haney's other regulars were providentially free of injuries. But the bulk...
...persuaded Benjamin and Henry-Max had quit the firm-to sign an affidavit promising to go out of business). Meanwhile, back in Pittsburgh, young Murray Kram, Max's son and Uncle Ben's assiduous pupil, was keeping the family's tin-plated platinum cup clanking. A bat-eared young man with the mournful features of a card player who has aces wired, Murray could not ask alms as a disabled vet, since he had not been in service. Instead, with the customary request for $1, he made a frank pitch to the effect that the next...
...town, Peach Springs (pop. 550), Ariz., is 50 miles away. Yet there last week was a marvel of modern engineering: one of the world's longest single-span freight tramways, stretching 9,010 ft. across and 2,800 ft. up to the south rim. Its purpose: to haul bat manure out of caverns where it has lain for ages and hopefully net the haulers $12.5 million profit on a $1,000,000 investment...
...disciplined control. Against Bridgeport, Angel had played a flawless game at shortstop. He can, in fact, play any position on the team-becomes a southpaw on first base, a righthander in the rest of the infield, whatever he happens to feel like when he switches to the outfield. At bat, says he, he is a "turnover" hitter like his hero Mickey Mantle...
Though All-Star Fullback Paige Cothren of Mississippi (Los Angeles Rams) produced two surprisingly professional field goals of 12 and 25 yds., the boys' passing attack never again threatened the men's defense. While the Giants' backfield deployed far to the rear to bat down long passes, beefy Giant linesmen crashed through to rush Quarterbacks Brodie and Paul Hornung. In marked difference between pro experience and college eagerness, the college quarterbacks tried to run and were smeared, while the Giants' Charley Conerly refused to budge when rushed, coolly ate the ball and waited for the next...