Word: dimag
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field, however, Willie was content to be just Willie. DiMag, with his effortless ground-eating lope, made the hard ones look easy. Willie, with his jackrabbit sprint and his flashy, breadbasket catch, made even the high, arcing flies that fielders call "cans of corn" look hard. Willie could break a batter's heart with astonishing, acrobatic saves. Everything he did in the field he did instinctively well...
...flashbacks of the 1947 New York-Brooklyn World Series, interviewed teammate Phil Rizzuto on playing shortstop. For the last 5 minutes, DiMaggio turned the program over to a panel of goggle-eyed admirers, seemed to enjoy himself hugely watching Rizzuto answer questions from baseball-minded youngsters. As if Hero DiMag wasn't enough, the Lionel commercial showed off a line of electric trains that would make even grownups start counting the days until Christmas...
...left field is Francis "Ted Williams" McNamara, of Weld, leading the team with a .381 average. Henry "Dimag" Petrillo, janitor of Lionel and Mower, patrols the center slot and bats a lusty .372. Hunt Hall's Joe Robinson plays right, and hits...