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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pitched a neat four-hitter to square the series. That set the stage for Yankee Outfielder Roger Maris. Emotionally and physically exhausted after his season-long assault on Babe Ruth's home-run record, Slugger Maris was still looking for his first Series hit when he came to bat in the ninth inning of the third game. With the score tied 2-2, Maris finally connected with a hit that took its place in baseball history with Babe Ruth's homer in the 1932 Series and Cookie Lavagetto's 1947 double.* A home run, it broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tomorrow, Golf | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

...prevent any direct contact with the bat colony, the roosting area of the Caverns has always been closed to the public. The Bat Flight Program has been observed by over 1,000,000 visitors. Here again, protection of the visitors and of the, bats has been observed by restriction of the visitors to an area not normally in the flight path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 1961 | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

Studies within the Bat Cave have shown that there is enough natural circulation to prevent any of the so-called aerosol effect from contaminating the Caverns. It has also been observed that mice, ringtail cats and raccoons frequent the Bat Cave, but so far there have been no cases of rabies in any of the wildlife, other than the bats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 1961 | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

Such factors, Aronson said, will distort the judgment of probability in one direction or another. With Mantle at bat in the bottom of the nineth, two outs, men on base, and the Yankees behind, the sports fan might rate the chances for a home run as high as 50-50. Ordinarily, however, the chances are only...

Author: By Richard B. Ruge, | Title: Sports Fans, World Series, Mantle Play Part in Psychology Experiment | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

...ballpark and had never won a pennant; his presence (backed up by the formidable figure of Lou Gehrig) turned the New Yorkers into the most fearsome team in baseball. To a sport that had been damaged by the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, Babe Ruth's booming bat brought new virility and respectability. Even when he struck out, Ruth was impressive-and he struck out often. But when he connected, he gave baseball its biggest moments. Nobody ever hit a ball so hard: he once drove a liner through a pitcher's legs with such force that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Making of a Hero | 9/29/1961 | See Source »

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