Word: gehrig
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seven years. By last week the Yankees had it made. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were both close to breaking Babe Ruth's home-run record; by week's end their combined total broke the two-man record of 107 homers set by Ruth (60) and Gehrig (47) back in 1927. The pitching staff was solid: Whitey Ford was safely on the winning side of his first 20-game season, and Veteran Screwballer Luis Arroyo, 34, has become the finest Yankee relief pitcher since "Fireman Joe" Page. The infield was the tightest in baseball, and the Yanks...
...Robert Jordan, dying at his submachine gun in Spain. He was Beau Geste staving off a charge, Sergeant York capturing 132 Germans, Lou Gehrig saying goodbye to the Yankees. And, so often and so well that there are urchins in Marrakech who know his name, he was the tall man-boyish and strong in The Virginian, wind-lined and stronger in High Noon-who walked arrow-straight down the street to meet the killers. Last week the tall man was dead...
...Club dinner in his honor, he rose, carrying the secret of his cancer, and spoke: "If someone were to ask me, am I the luckiest man in the world, the answer would be-'Yup.' " Coop had made that speech before. Almost to the word, it was Lou Gehrig's farewell in The Pride of the Yankees...
...deep," said Willie, "and I thought I was going deeper." Then, in another game against the Braves, Mays suddenly snapped out of his slump. Battering three Milwaukee pitchers, he became the ninth player in baseball history to hit four home runs in a single ball game (others: Lou Gehrig, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock). In the process, Mays drove in eight runs, boosted his batting average to .333, helped the Giants set a National League record of 13 homers in two consecutive games and tie the record of eight for a single contest. Said Mays: "I was just up there swinging...
...after another, like shots from a Roman candle, the balls soared over the outfield fences. When the first game's batting practice was over, the slugging New York Yankees of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri had turned the onlooking Pittsburgh Pirates into a band of idolatrous sand loiters. After that, the Yankees went on to win the 1927 World Series in four straight games. Until 1960, it was Pittsburgh's last pennant...