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...what inevitably happens? There are men on second and third and Williams is up. Even the little thrill of pleasure that makes me quiver to think that I can predict a play is not enough to offset the tragic disappointment when the great Ted has to drop his bat and sidle to first. It is the great flaw in the American psyche. And how would you like to be the guy (poor bastard) who they walk Williams to get to. He's the fellow who will then hit into a double play. Imagine how he feels, letting his teammates down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

...what you can do for our mothers and wives, and for the little ones who may grow up to be even greater than our wonderful sluggers. Wipe the pitcher who passes off the field, send him to the showers, both hot and cold, bean him when he gets to bat, do anything, but don't let him give free bases on balls; it's undermining our culture and our very existence. And it was probably started by the * communists. Nosgood S. Persifiage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

...Cincinnati's Crosley Field last week, Pitcher Schoolboy Rowe, a lantern-jawed giant of a man, was in trouble. He glanced around, mopped his brow with his fingers. Two Cincinnati players were on base, and a dangerous man was stepping up to bat. Schoolboy fired the ball in toward the plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweat of His Brow | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Others had urged similar measures in the past, but for the first time the Navy was shamed into acquiescence. Secretary Forrestal promised to bat the commission's main recommendations up to Congress. All was not lost for the Navy. The island governors would still be Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEPENDENCIES: Hope Deferred | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...first London merchant to buy U.S. style full-page newspaper ads and to boast of such unique department-store services as wart removal, pipe cleaning, coal delivery, cricket-bat oiling, wig making, expert umbrella rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 19, 1947 | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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