Word: dodger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent weeks, Aaron has received more than 20,000 letters of support, and his very appearance at the plate is enough to bring a standing ovation from the fans of opposing teams. "If you fall behind 2 and 0 or 3 and 0 with Aaron," complains Los Angeles Dodger Pitcher Claude Osteen, "you begin hearing the boos from your own fans. They think you're trying to walk him when they've come to see him hit a home run." In Detroit there is a popular new recording, Move Over, Babe: "Move over, Babe, here comes Henry...
...could make a case for a peculiarly redemptive humility of tone in the novel, but just on general principles. References to Mesopotamian mythology and Joseph Conrad don't detract from the fact that this is a hell of a baseball book, and I'd rather hear a Brooklyn Dodger fan than a professor on this...
THURSDAY: Oliver Twist. (1984) Alec Guinness and John Howard Davies in David Lean's adaptation of the Dickens classic make the recent "Oliver!" stick in your gulliver by comparison. With Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger...
...some, the name of Melchior will always have a Wagnerian ring. Others will remember him singing The Star-Spangled Banner on opening day of baseball season-another of his passions-at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. But for most of the world, Lauritz Melchior will simply remain the grandest heldentenor in memory-a magnificent giant with a golden voice...
...gave Japan baseball and now Japan is giving baseball Nichiren Shoshu, a turned-on version of Buddhism and 20th century power of Positive Thinking. Nichiren Shoshu claims 200,000 members in the U.S., including Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Willie Davis, 32. "This religion is simply a must for sportsmen," said Davis while on pilgrimage to the head temple at the foot of Mount Fuji. "I was never a great home-run hitter. I hit only ten home runs in the 1971 season. Last year I suddenly ended up hitting 19 because I chanted my prayers every morning and night...