Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this time the pennant -and the Dodgers' none-too-healthy 4½-game lead-was at stake. The Cards, somewhat housebroken descendants of the rough-&-tumble Gashouse Gang, were lighting back, late and hard. In the second inning, Jackie Robinson was spiked again -this time by trigger-tempered Catcher Joe Garagiola...
...feet skim along like flying fish. He is not only jackrabbit fast, but about one thought and two steps ahead of every base-runner in the business. He beats out bunts, stretches singles into doubles. Once Jackie made second on a base-on-balls; he saw that the catcher had lost the ball, so he just kept on going...
This week, as the Dodgers raced toward the finish seven games ahead, it was at least arguable that Jackie Robinson had furnished the margin of victory. The Dodgers are certainly not a one-man ball club. They have a bull-necked powerhouse of a catcher named Bruce Edwards, 24, whose special talents are steadiness and hustle. In Pee Wee Reese and Eddie Stanky, both short of height but long on skill, they have the best keystone combination in the league. The Dodgers also have a special affection for 34-year-old relief pitcher Hugh Casey, who has come onto...
...themselves.** With extra-base hitting and little else, they pulled themselves up to a pennant-contending position. Their leading home-run hitter is 34-year-old First Baseman Johnny Mize, who has hammered out 36 homers. Right behind him this week were young Outfielder Willard Marshall with 29; Veteran Catcher Walker Cooper with 26; and Bobby Thomson, rookie outfielder who has hit 23. Infielder Bill Rigney, who hit only three homers all last year, also climbed on the bandwagon...
...opening sentence or lead, as it is known to the trade. Several possibilities are obvious at once. The sex angle is always a good thing to start with, but that would only make things hotter, and no one would want that, would he? Another sure fire eye-catcher would be, "Hot enough for you?" This, however, is too short. If the ed is to fill the column it must be padded a little here and there, and the beginning is the best place to do it--before the reader has had time to finish his first cup of coffee...