Word: bowleggedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In baseball's pantheon, John Peter ("Honus") Wagner, the bowlegged shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17), is a superstar's superstar. He was eight times National League batting champion, and among the first to be elected to the Hall of Fame. As a shortstop, he was unparalleled...
Professional football? "They don't let 5-ft. 10-in. bowlegged cornerbacks in the pros," he laughs. "Maybe if I was faster, I'd consider it."
The fluty call of a curlew heralds the first light of dawn. A faraway widgeon whistles to its companions. A rid off in the dark shallows, a flock of shelduck guffaw at one another like wee-hour carousers wending their way home. MacKenzie Thorpe is in his natural habitat. He...