Word: batting
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...legends like Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax, whose remarkable powers as baseball players approximate DiMaggio's. But none of these had the beyond-the-baseball dimension that gave DiMaggio a unique place as a popular icon. Their reputation, their image, is purely baseball. Williams was amazing at bat. Mays was a better hitter, almost as good an all-around player. But the truth is, DiMaggio appears to be irreplaceable...
...streak a fluke? Not if you go back to 1933, when the 18-year-old DiMaggio, playing in the extremely competitive Pacific Coast League, hit safely in 61 straight games. Or look past that unfortunate day in Cleveland when third baseman Ken Keltner smothered two torpedoes off DiMaggio's bat and ended the 1941 run: the next day DiMaggio began to unspool another, 16-game streak. Hitting safely in 56 straight games is a miracle; hitting safely in 72 out of 73 is an expression of consistent mastery...
...kids were very hungry to win their first playoff game and we pinned them back right off the bat," said Coach Katey Stone. "When you get to the playoffs there aren't going to be a lot of blowouts. Records don't matter and you have to play hard or go home...
...kids were very hungry to win their first playoff game and we pinned them back right off the bat," said Coach Katey Stone. "When you get to the playoffs there aren't going to be a lot of blowouts. Records don't matter and you have to play hard or go home...
...such, it has always been my proud duty to remain the child. It took my mother several years of urging to get me to move on from Limited Too getups. And although I never liked being roped into reading the four questions at Seders long after my Bat Mitzvah had passed, it allowed me to play the perennial child. No matter how I appeared on the outside, I was a baby to my family and myself. And I loved...