Word: home-run
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...Williams belted a fast ball into the right-field seats. Cal had only curves left. First Baseman Dick Gernert and Third Baseman Frank Malzone walloped a couple of them out of leftfield, and the Sox went on to win no. No other American League pitcher has tossed up four home-run balls in a single inning since Philadelphia's George Caster gave the Red Sox the same sort of gift in 1940. Said Pitcher McLish: "I gave them "a variety of pitches. It was nothing, really...
...game began as a pitching duel, between the Crimson's Bob McGinnis and the Quakers' Gordon Brietman. After three scoreless innings, Hathaway blasted his first home-run, into dead center. Penn took the lead in the bottom of the fourth with two singles and a triple by Ed Rohrbacher, good for two runs...
...Minneapolis. The number belongs to Athletic Publications, Inc., popularly (though inaccurately) known as "the Minneapolis Clearing House." Last week subscribers to its highly specialized services kept the phones jumping. The football season had opened, and soon the world would stop for the World Series. Behind the cheering squads, the home-run heroics and the whole windblown outdoor excitement of one sport ending and another beginning lurked an excitement of a very different kind. Millions of Americans bet heavily not merely on horses but on all sports. There would be hundreds of thousands of dollars wagered on Saturday's halfbacks...
Bing Crosby will open the season as catcher on the strength of his home-run hitting splurge on the nine's spring trip. John Simourian will start at first, Bobby Clearly at second, Stu Levine at third, and Bob Hastings at short. Dick Fisher, Walt Stahura, and Matt Botsford will compose a hard-hitting outfield...
That was the first of nine pennants. By 1914 Connie's A's had won three World Series; his "$100,000 infield" (Stuffy Mclnnis at first, Eddie Collins at second, Jack Barry at short and Home-Run Baker at third) was the pride of baseball. Then the A's were humiliated in a 4-0 series with the Boston Braves. Furious, Connie broke up his team, traded his high-priced players for cash. Philadelphia finished with one foot in the cellar for seven consecutive seasons...