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...legs hopelessly crossed. Tittle threw-and for a long instant the ball seemed hopelessly out of reach. But no. At the last second, Gifford doubled over, stretched out his right hand, and-plop-the ball landed in his palm for a 30-yd. gain. "I was only trying to bat it up in the air, but it stuck in my hand," said Gifford modestly. "I figured he had it all along," yawned Tittle, who has seen the same circus act all year...
There is one authentic yawn stifler in Supper, an inspired import from the British music halls named Tessie O'Shea. The O'Shea is fat and sassy, swoops about like a bat on a binge, and pitches irresistibly into a medley of cockney nostalgia, as in Don't Take Our Charlie for the Army. Tessie O'Shea has no relation whatever to the plot of The Girl Who Came to Supper. Lucky lady...
Sportswriters called him "the ballplayer Ring Lardner missed," and when Yogi was beaned in Detroit, the papers reported: "Xray pictures of Berra's head showed nothing." Rival players hung by one hand from the dugout roof when he came to bat, scratching their armpits with the other. "Hey, Yog," they yelled. "You still sleeping in trees?" One opposing catcher used to watch Yogi step into the batting cage, then bellow: "Quick, men! Shut the gate! You got him." TV even got into the act with a "Yogi Bear" cartoon series about an animal that walks like...
...first time in baseball history that a myth became a manager-although the Berra myth was mostly fact. Over 18 seasons with the Yankees, he batted .285, hit 358 home runs, set World Series records for hits (71) and R.B.I.s (39). He played in more games (2,116) than any Yankee except Lou Gehrig, and he was the most dangerous clutch hitter in baseball. "Anything I can reach, I can hit," he boasted, and he is probably the only player who got shoe polish on his bat from golfing one over the fence. He won three Most Valuable Player awards...
...trundled out to bat with his shin guards still on, showed up behind the plate without his catcher's mask. He once hit a pitcher on the chest with a throw to second base; another time he beaned the second-base umpire, and one day he caught a fly ball with his forehead. His face creased in concentration, Yogi was always the first Yankee to report for work. "I know I'm going to take the wrong subway, so I leave an hour early...