Word: hanks
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...COSTAS: Willie Mays was the best all-around player I ever saw. Hank Aaron's career achievements top any living player's. But the quality of legend is also dependent upon distance and a bit of mystery. Ted Williams was perhaps the greatest pure hitter ever, and his career largely predates the television era. Like DiMaggio, what we know and feel about him comes from personal recollections, old photos, and grainy film footage. Williams...
Perhaps the best measure of a hitter is not his batting average but his run production. DiMaggio batted "only" .325 over his career, but he batted in nearly a run per game--the third highest average this century, after Lou Gehrig's and Hank Greenberg's. DiMaggio delivered more runs per game than Babe Ruth; more than Ted Williams; 27% more than Hank Aaron...
...Burton, 56, has recorded 50 albums and been inducted into the Percussionists Hall of Fame since his debut album with Hank Garland at age 17. He won his latest Grammy in the instrumental solo category along with longtime collaborator Chick Corea for their piece "Rhumbata" last month...
...Enrique Hank Lopez, author of The Harvard Mystique, argues that the existing dichotomy between the Yard and the Gold Coast encouraged a rank-conscious Harvard population...
...punkster kids screamed, the swingers and students shuffled, and the geriatrics in the back tapped their feet. But everybody danced-awkwardly at first, heartily in the high-powered middle, frantically at the passionate encore. When the chaos was over, the sisters performed a silky version of the Hank William Sr.'s classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." With the departure of the Nields from the stage, the tie holding the crowd together loosened, and the audience separated again into their different categories...