Word: hit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reliable's long blast deep into the right field seats came with nobody out in the last of the ninth inning and a count of two balls. It was the fifth hit off the amazingly fast Newcombe, who struck out 11 Yankees, walked none...
Reynolds himself was the only player to get two hits a double in the third and a single in the sixth. Johhny Lindell hit one of Newcombe's two slow pitches of the afternoon for a single in the second, and Gerry Coleman doubled in the eighth for the only other Yankee blows. No Yankee had reached third base until Henrich came...
...eighth, then stole second. Cart Furillo reached first in the fifth when his grounder went through second-baseman Coleman's legs for the only error of the game. Gene Hermanski, who walked to open the second, was the only Brook to reach third. He got there when Gil Hodges hit into a double play started by Reynolds...
...another thing, Rickey needs outfielders and especially centerfielders like he needs a hole in the head. The present occupant of Brooklyn's center pasture, Duke Snider, is a brilliant judge of fly balls, has a great throwing arm, hit 22 home runs in his rookle year with the Flock, and batted in the neighborhood of 291. To top it off, he is 22 years old. The whole Brooklyn organization is crawling with bright young flychasers, and the loss of Jethroe will not pain the Dodgers. Whether his addition to the Braves will rebound against the Brooks next season will...
...reported that, as of Sept. 15, short sales had risen 127,581 shares in a month to a total of 2,133,700, the biggest since Aug. 4, 1932, when the total stood at 2,151,840. The bears were wrong then. Only a month before, the market had hit bottom, and was already on a five-year climb destined to total 153.18 points...