Word: furillo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kahn's ability to avoid the mawkish trivialities shows in his two recent books. The first, The Boys of Summer, was a story of his love affair with the old Brooklyn Dodgers, the Ebbets Field titans like Snider and Furillo and Robinson, and how they braved the autumn of their retirement. Suffused with the warmth of an adoring child who has recognized the mortality of his idols, the book was an endearing autobiography as well as a finely-tooled bit of nostalgia...
...Wait'll next year!" rose over Flatbush. After Brooklyn finally defeated their Bronx rival in 1955 and then resumed their brilliant bumbling, the cry became "Wait'll last year!" The team was still one of the most exciting ever to take the field. There were Furillo's long, accurate throws from right field, Billy Cox's impossible, spidery stops at third, and Preacher Roe's spitballs...