Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summer afternoon in 1890, a gawky farm hand named Denton True Young came down from "the Ohio hills to try out as a pitcher for the Canton baseball team of the Tri-State League. He had no uniform, and the Canton manager did not even bother to use a catcher. One of the team's best batters simply stood in front of the grandstand, and the kid started firing the ball past him. The batter never got a piece of it, and the big farmer's fast ball almost tore up the grandstand backboard. "Looks like a cyclone...
...decision in the 1955 World Series opener when Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson was called safe on a steal of home. Infielder Frank Kellert, who was at bat for the Dodgers at the time and in the best position to see the play, belatedly declared that Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra had tagged Robinson out. Kellert's delayed announcement was made after the Dodgers traded him to the Chicago Cubs...
During one of the tensest World Series' finishes ever played, Johnny Podres made his prediction stand up. Brooklyn's Catcher Roy Campanella, First Baseman Gil Hodges and Shortstop Pee Wee Reese bunched scarce base hits to score single runs in the fourth and sixth innings. The Yankees came clawing back every time, getting men on the bases and bringing the potential tying or winning run to the plate. Once the Dodgers were saved by a brilliant running catch by Left Fielder Sandy Amoros. But their best defense was Podres' zipping fast ball, carefully assorted with well-disciplined...
Like his father, Ed never made it to college. He got part-time jobs at factories, played semi-pro baseball (catcher), before finally becoming the sports editor of the Item at $12 a week. Ed next moved to the Hartford Post and at last made the grade as a Manhattan sportswriter on the New York Evening Mail, where he says he coined the phrase "Little Miss Poker Face" for Tennis Champion Helen Wills. In his early days as a reporter, Ed was frequently mistaken for a rising young actor named Humphrey Bogart, who also had high cheekbones and a deadpan...
...that has made Harvard the favorite. For Cornell has only one man who can stand up against the Crimson's line. He is big Stan Intihar, ineligible last year, but nevertheless the outstanding end in the League. He is 6-4, weighs 215 pounds, and is an excellent pass-catcher. DeGraaf will throw to him more than to anyone else...