Word: greenbergs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bing Crosby Show (Wed. 10 p.m., ABC). Guests: Groucho Marx, Hank Greenberg...
Eliot--2b, Shapera, Rosenwald; 3b, Tilchman; p. Crichton; c, Crumrine, Williams; cf, Cady; ss, Bartle; lf, Morgan; lb, Murphy; rf, Greenberg. Dunster--lf, Harwood; p, Steuer; ss, Rich; 3b, Torrey; 2b, Aldrich; lb, Flynn; c, Smart; cf, Murphy; rf, Von Salza...
...most part the hitters were ahead of the pitchers. Hank Greenberg, the Pirates' new home-run specialist, hit one the second day, and pretty soon everybody was doing it. The iffy New York Giants clouted six in one game against the Dodgers. The Reds' Eddie Miller, a fine shortstop but not much of a hitter, busted four in six days. The Boston Red Sox' third-baseman, Eddie Pellagrini, was ordered to bunt and socked a homer over the fence. Said he, after trotting shamefaced around the bases: "I'm sorry ... I just don't know...
...established stars were taking it easy, letting the rookies have the play. They wanted to be in shape by mid-April when base-hits begin to count, not in March. But last week, the Pittsburgh Pirates' big Hank Greenberg let out a notch. Result: two home runs in one game...
...Hank Greenberg, just sold by Detroit to Pittsburgh, decided at 36 that he didn't want to play ball any more. "I am considering retirement from the active playing ranks," was the way he put it. He explained with some style: "... I do not desire to start anew in a strange environment...