Word: geiger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rays and gamma rays are a subtler peril. Until recently, they were unimportant hazards in the human environment; evolution largely ignored them. Modern man can wander unheeding into strong radiation that he cannot feel, see, hear, smell or taste. And unless he carries an artificial radiation sense (a Geiger counter, ionization chamber, etc.), he may get a fatal dose without a suspicion of an alarm...
...horrifying aspect, though, is that the Red Sox are so young. Think of it: Gary Geiger (.196) and Carroll Hardy as permanent outfield fixtures for ten yearsl Mike Higgins admits he sees little help in the farm system. The great youth movement simply has misfired...
...things, I think, can be done, Mike Higgins either must go or be made to realize that Geiger and Hardy are not Williams and Jensen, Higgins does not employ the Red Sox speed, rarely signaling for a sacrifice, stolen base...
Second baseman Chuck Schilling was having his troubles at the plate earlier in the season, but his two hits yesterday raised his average to a respectable .140. Other current marks are Frank Malzone .295, Carl Yastrsemski .267, Gary Geiger .222, and Pete Runnels .220. Judging from past performances, Runnels can be expected to improve some 80 points, but the much-ballyhooed "Yaz" still looks like a lot of other .260 hitters...
...atomic age, March winds and April showers also bring fallouts from the thin upper air. As spring crept over the Northern Hemisphere last week, scientists everywhere deployed their Geiger count ers, sure that radioactivity would rise with the daffodils...