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...righthanded; but just eight days before, hitting lefthanded, in an exhibition game at Pittsburgh, he had become the third man ever to pole one out of the park over the right-field stands. (The others: Ruth and Ted Beard.) Looking back over his 42 years in baseball, Yankee Manager Casey Stengel said: "Mantle is probably the most powerful switch hitter the game has ever known...
...left to place the bets, and by the time I returned with two show stubs on Casey's choice, she had bought a fifty dollar chunk of Omm Paul's nose. The horses left the gate well, and Mike was right; his animal was good--good enough to cop an easy second...
...winner was not Silent Mirth as you would expect because it happens to Donald O'Connor in the best movies. No, a 12-1 beast, well-named "Outland," pulled ahead in the stretch and finished strong. Casey was awfully sorry about Mike's mistake, and because she had talked me into another wasted two-bill...
...Well," said Casey, "Ah just can't say. He does look good, but Ah don't believe he's got the breeding for it all the way. Now Silent Mirth seems in space, and the odds are just up for a show...
...Casey," I threw in, "do you suppose your horse could pull a second? The price would be even nicer, and it sure would be fine to break even...