Word: hanks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There is nothing in sport like the head-to-head combat between pitcher and batter," he says. Nonetheless, if Marshall had his way, he would not be in baseball at all. "I wish I could get the great hitters of today-Joe Torre, Willie McCovey, Hank Aaron-to drop by Michigan State so I could pitch against them on weekends," says Marshall. That way he could concentrate on his first love: education. While learning how to pitch in the minor leagues, Marshall managed to complete the requirements for a master's degree in physical education at Michigan State...
Babe Ruth's record-buster Hank Aaron stepped up to the plate at the All-Star game in Pittsburgh last week looking like thunder. The Atlanta Braves had fired Manager Ed Mathews, then announced that Hank would not get the job. "They should have asked me," said Hank. Then he underlined the fact that baseball has yet to have a black manager. "I'd probably say yes. Maybe that's what they are afraid of." The team also ruled out his brother Tommie, 34, manager of Atlanta's AA team in Savannah, now in a tight...
...local bar circuit these days. They're mostly from Somerville but you'd swear after listening to them that they've gotten lost on a road trip between Rocky Mount, N.C., and Knoxville, Tenn., and somehow strayed up to Boston. They play exclusively country stuff, ranging from Hank Williams laments to Earl Scruggs bluegrass, and start the weekend shift at King's Thursday night. John Lincoln has almost perfected his twang and his fiddler and pedal steel guitarist are especially good. Hard to dance to, but good enough to bear close listening...
...languorous hybrid known as country-and-western was born, in which the still simple music of the Southeast was blended with the more sophisticated instrumentation (steel guitar, drums, even horns) of the Far West. This wedding of styles produced, among others, Merle Travis, Webb Pierce and the late Hank Williams. The rise of rock 'n' roll (notably Elvis Presley, who began his career singing country-and-western in Memphis) eclipsed country in the late 1950s. But by the late 1960s rock, the child of rock 'n' roll, was embracing country sounds...
...clientele is definitely worth observing, even if it is not always worth joining. Usually, I think the Casablanca is a fine place, but lately I'm a little down on it because when I went there to celebrate Hank Aaron's 715th home run, I was served a weak scotch-on-the-rocks. In my innocence, I did not know such a thing was possible, but this drink was pretty pathetic. I nursed the alcohol along for a good five minutes (quite an accomplishment) but it took me another half an hour to finish...