Word: cincinnatis
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Nikki Giovanni Cincinnati...
...hats-with a wry and knowing line. He has whimsically strung C-clamps and wrenches, hammers and saws, along the edges of his paint-splashed canvases. His works are partly autobiographical, since he was entranced as a child by the tools in his father's hardware store in Cincinnati. But unlike most of the artists clustered under the umbrella of Pop art, Dine claimed issue from the expressionist tradition. "My work is the opposite to cool," he once remarked...
...veritable iron man in the batter's box and in centerfield, where he played 1795 games for Washington, Buffalo, St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago and Cincinnati during the course of his career. He led the league in 1899 with 633 at bats and in walks with 1901 and 1891, when he had 119. Altogether he had 2044 hits, which gave him a lifetime batting average...
Before he retired, Hoy married a deaf mute named Anna Maria, who taught at a school for the deaf in Cincinnati. His teammates were intrigued by the couple's unusual doorbell. The caller pulled a knob which released a lead ball on the floor. The Hoys heard the vibrations through their feet and knew someone was at the door...
...made his last public appearance in 1961 when he threw out the game ball for the third game of the World Series between Cincinnati and the Yankees. He died that December at the age of 99, the oldest ex-major leaguer then living...