Word: batterer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, after missing ten days of spring practice because of flu and a sprained wrist, Pepper Pot Stanky was back in the Giant lineup as lead-off batter. He came to the plate six times. Hunching his stocky (5 ft. 8 in., 165 Ibs.) frame to its shortest possible height, yapping at the pitcher, fidgeting with his cap and uniform, Stanky wriggled his way into four walks ("I don't care how I get on base"), hit a double, stole a base and scored four runs. Not until the ninth inning, after the Giants had salted the game...
...time, the pitchers come into throw them up to the rapidly sharpening batting eyes of wise-cracking veterans although some are none too sure of their obs) and eager new candidates. Stuffy lovers over it all. "Keep the ball away from the pitcher," he calls to a batter. "Hit it to the left or right." The nervous man at the plate drills a fast one straight at the mound and the pitcher dives for the ground. The coach wipes his forehead and mutters, "Dirty practice balls are very hard to see." With Ira Godin, last year's mound star, graduated...
...Korean crisis, the Secretary of Defense has announced that 230 pints of blood are expected from Massachusetts daily. Most blood will be shipped immediately to the batter front. Home blood will also be needed for use in Massachusetts veteran hompliete...
...typical, of course, that the Dodger run came on a hit which simply refused to bounce off a perfectly good screen. The seasoned fan expected the next batter to hit the sign and win a free suit, or to take three bases on a foul bunt...
Billy always feels at home in the batter's box. He chokes up a bit on his 34-in., 34-oz. Ted Williams model bat, holds his elbows high, and figures confidently that he can hit all pitchers and all pitches equally well. Sometimes, he admits, "a baseball is hard to hit. There's a lot of luck in it." Luck or not, Ted Williams' substitute* seemed likely to be the 1950 batting champ of the American League...