Word: camilli
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That night, 10,000 strong, they swarmed into Manhattan, stormed its Grand Central Terminal to welcome home their "champeens." Led by bands at full blast, they snake-danced around the station, toting homemade placards: THEM BUMS DONE IT. DUROCHER FOR MAYOR. CAMILLI FOR PRESIDENT...
Although interleague comparisons mean little, Brooklyn's Bums have as good a team batting average (.272) as the Yankees (.269). First Baseman Dolph Camilli (like Di Maggio, a product of San Francisco's Fishermen's Wharf) has batted in more runs (120) than any National League player this season and socked more homers (34) than any player in either league, except Ted Williams of the Boston...
...Besides Camilli, Brooklyn has Rookie Pete Reiser, its fabulous $100 find, who has outhit (.343) every batter in the National League; scrappy Joe Medwick (.318), a good man to have when the chips are down; and dead-eye Dixie Walker, a consistent .300 hitter who has broken up many a ball game during the Dodgers' nerve-racking last few weeks...
Knock 'em silly with Camilli...
...Camilli swings...