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...Alexander dwells far too much on what happened between the foul lines rather than the action outside the ballpark. He paints an engrossing picture of a game in transition from the dead-ball era of stolen bases to the Ruthian age of the homerun, but never really shows the effects this had on baseball as a business, except to detail the contract feuds between Cobb and Tiger owner Frank Navin. He portrays Cobb as an ugly racist, but doesn't ever explore what Cobb thought about the desegregation of the game after he retired. Answering these questions might have provided...
...first ball-and proceeded to follow it, face first, down the alley. "Mr. Vice President, do you bowl?" catcalled one onlooker. "Can't you tell?" said Mr. Bush, who obviously has something else in mind when he talks about first-strike capability. Bush was proud, though, that foul or no, the ball did catch nine pins. He managed to roll his second ball without a pratfall, but failed to convert the spare...
...WHILE it is natural for deserted fans to cry "Foul!" when their team moves, relocations are an inevitable if regrettable part of a high-stakes business. As Mayor Hudnut noted in response to Baltimore's complaints. "Where did the Orioles come from," Texas. Where did the Orioles come from? St. Louis, Franchises move around. It's just as natural now as it was then." David Frick, treasurer of Indianapolis' capital improvement Board, which is putting up most of the Colts' money, added. "To the city of Baltimore, I say, 'I'm sorry." But we're going to love your Colts...
Billy Sample got Texas going with his first homer in the third inning. The drive on a 3-2 pitch, bit high on the foul pole 315 feet down the left field line...
...Crimson widened the gap in the seventh when Maspons reached on an error and DiCesare sent the bail just right of the left field foul pole...