Word: batting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...runt." Ott replied: "That kind of hurts me. . . . Everyone ought to know I come from Louisiana." In his 20 years with the Giants (one more than any other National Leaguer has spent with one club), his easy manner and boyish smile have been almost as effective as his big bat...
Lacking one important asset of a top-grade outfielder-speed-Ott made up for this deficit by learning to get the jump on a fly ball the split-second it leaves the bat. He is the master of three outfielding arts: 1) on a long fly ball over his head, he takes one look, turns his back and digs for the spot where the ball will drop; 2) he has patiently acquired the knack of picking caroms off the tricky right-field wall at the Polo Grounds; 3) his buggy-whip arm has enabled him to set a league record...
...apple-cheeked Hank Borowy (won 8, lost 2), with help from Swampy Donald and Floyd Bevens (they had nine wins between them, four defeats). Detroit had the best southpaw in the business, Lefty Hal Newhouser (9-4), with three stalwarts to lick him up. Also comfortably ahead of their bat ting competition: the Athletics' tall, thin submariner, Russ Christopher (10-2); Washington's knuckleballer Dutch Leon...
Pete Reilly is a natural-born innovator. He developed boxing champions Jack Delaney and Bat Battalino, became famed as the originator of the hot foot. Last week, with the atmosphere at many a ringside foul with monkey business (investigations were under way in California, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia), silver-haired Pete brought his fresh air with...
Baseball's new commissioner, Albert ("Happy") Chandler, decided to go to bat. One of the reasons why he got the job was because he had influence in Washington. Happy went straight to President Truman. At the same time, Illinois Congressman Melvin Price went to the War Department with a well-publicized beef about P.A. discrimination. Last week, the War Department agreed that professional athletes unable to meet general physical requirements should not be grabbed by the Army. Further, questionable or below-standard cases (such as Poland, Northey, Litwhiler, et a/.) will be reviewed, and some discharges may result...