Word: dodgerism
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...tired of that guy following me around." But in the end, Roberts, a careful craftsman himself, loosened up and grew to admire Hillman's persistence. Even when Hillman confessed that he was a loyal Brooklyn rooter whose only son, Lemuel Serrell Hillman III, now nine, has been called "Dodger" since birth, stolid Robin Roberts merely shrugged...
...teen-age brothers die from the disease. Confined to a wheelchair since the age of seven, George nevertheless determined not to let the disease destroy his life. He studied at home, last June got a diploma from the Metuchen high school. He became a TV and Brooklyn Dodger fan, took up water-coloring. George fought so hard to live that his parents and his three sisters (none of whom seem to have the disease) were encouraged. Last week, unable to fight any longer, George died of muscular dystrophy...
...club that had been bought 30 years ago for $2,500. "The offer wasn't even as high as the bid for Nashua [$1,251,200]," said Mara. ¶There was bad news in Brooklyn. Johnny Podres, southpaw pitching hero of the first World Series-winning Dodger team, was classified iA, is almost certain to get "greetings" from the Government before the season starts. His loss will leave Brooklyn with only two lefthanders: Karl Spooner and Sandy Koufax...
...third time in his eight-year major-league career as a Brooklyn Dodger, Catcher Roy Campanella was elected Most Valuable Player in the National League. (Campy's other awards were in 1951 and '53.) Only other three-time winner in the National League: the St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial (1943, '46, '48). ¶ Statisticians finally finished wading through the columns of figures they kept so carefully all during baseball season, computed the averages and named the Philadelphia Phillies' Center Fielder Richie Ashburn National League batting champion. Ashburn's average: .338. Other National League...
...Beginning early in an effort to rejuvenate a last-place ball club, the Pittsburgh Pirates named ex-Dodger Bobby Bragan, 37, to replace Manager Fred Haney, fired at the end of this year's disastrous season. An infielder who switched to catching while playing with the Phillies in 1942, Bragan moved to the Dodgers in 1943 and hung on until 1948. Since then, he has been a minor-league manager in Fort Worth and Hollywood...