Word: home-run
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...Emperor Hirohito and 55 of the guests who were invited to his semiannual parties are a source of pride in the imperial palace. They are in fact being made into a record album. Among the voices of prominent Japanese on the LP is that of Sadaharu Oh, the home-run king who last fall topped Hank Aaron's 755 record. "What exactly was the most difficult thing in setting your home-run record?" asked Hirohito. "The overwhelming expectation on the part of my fans," replied Oh. "But you will continue to improve your record?" came the royal question...
...rate, it looks like Baby Ruths and Oh Henrys will not feel their candy home-run kingdoms threatened once the fad wears off by All-Star break...
...like a chorus girl's," she wrote in her 1959 memoir The Babe and I. As his second wife, she helped curb the Bambino's bacchanalian excesses during their 19-year marriage. After his death, she became the custodian of his legend. Though the Babe's home-run records (60 in a season, 714 in his career) were surpassed, she maintained, rightly, that "everyone will remember the Babe as the first...
...York's $2.5 million house of baseball. New York Governor Al Smith threw out the first ball. The first one hit into the stands-fittingly-was a game-winning home run by Babe Ruth that beat his old Red Sox teammates 4-1. Ruth's astonishing home-run hitting and his $50,000 salary had made baseball a different game and caused many to say the new stadium should have been called Ruth Field...
...American League the A's are not fretting, no matter whom they play. Oakland has won the last three World Series, and Insatiable Owner Charlie Finley is hungry for a fourth. Reggie Jackson, Gene Tenace and Billy Williams are all regular home-run producers, and Claudell Washington hits consistently. When they reach base, the A's tear around like speed freaks, and Finley has "designated runner" Matt Alexander in reserve. Oakland does not hit for high averages, but the bats boom when it counts...