Word: grandstands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leftfield fortnight ago, Berra threw fleet-footed Tiger Al Kaline out at second base in a decisive play that paved the way for a 1-0 Yankee victory. Against Washington last week, Manager Houk actually sent Yogi into leftfield in the eighth inning for defensive purposes. Leaning into the grandstand, Berra robbed Bob Johnson of a ninth-inning line-drive home run that would have put the Senators ahead...
...grandstand play," snorted Candidate Wagner, who countered by summoning his own advisory council, headed by Ford Foundation President Heald. The council criticized Allen's "caretaker"' plan as inefficient, but also urged the expulsion of Silver & Co. The mayor happily agreed. Then, concerned about charges of state interference in city affairs. Rockefeller toned down Allen's proposal to make reorganization of the board's functions its key item...
...compulsion to win was too strong. Cantankerous and mean, he was heartily hated by his Tiger teammates-particularly during his six-year hitch (1921-26) as player-manager-and got involved in countless brawls. He fought a bloody battle with Umpire George Moriarity, once stormed the New York grandstand to attack a crippled heckler. His two marriages ended in bitterness and divorce...
They were the same sort of Sunday spectators who used to fill the bleachers when Ebbets Field was still a ballpark and the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. Shirt-sleeved rooters packed the grandstand at $1 a head. Some stripped to undershirts in the 80-degree heat; some parked their cars at the far side of the broad, green playing field, unfolded beach chairs and guzzled beer from jugs. The maroon-jerseyed home team drew loud cheers when it scored, derisive jeers when it flubbed...
...should shout, or just clap politely, or boo or what. Now they know." They have yet to toss beer bottles (Schlitz is sold during games), but as the home team was getting trimmed (12-6) by the Boca Raton (Fla.) Royal Palms, when Captain Uihlein overrode the ball, one grandstand customer bellowed: "You bum! I don't care if this is your backyard! Why don't you take your bats and balls and go home...