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...Hatten's Curve...
TIME, March 25: "Pitcher Joe Hatten . . . has a curve ball that can turn a corner." Was it not LIFE that not so long ago ran quite an expose of curve balls, complete with diagrams and photographs, offering final proof that there is no such thing as a curve ball, merely an illusion...
...LIFE or no LIFE, TIME'S Sports Editor swears that Hatten's curve can turn a corner; that what's more, his fast ball smokes, and that batters can count the stitches on his slow ball...
...often as his famous father, was trying to catch the Cardinals' Ray Sanders off first base. But the rookies expected to shine brightest were two boys with the same name, but different ways of spelling it: stumpy Grady ("Hoss") Hatton of the Cincinnati Reds and screwball Joe Hatten of the Brooklyn Dodgers...
Pitcher Joe Hatten, a 28-year-old southpaw, looks like the nearest thing to a freshman Dizzy Dean. He has a deadly sidearm motion that should baffle right-handed hitters, has a curve ball that can turn a corner. The Dodgers thought enough of him before he entered the Navy to give up a seasoned pitcher, Van Lingle Mungo, in a straight trade. Like most southpaws, Hatten is regarded with some suspicion as a wild man. Already some tall stories are being told about him. Sample: once when his team was just one run ahead at Minneapolis, he deliberately walked...