Word: homers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...LARRY HOMER...
...looked at that guy [DiMaggio] and said to myself, 'If he can play the way he feels, I can pitch forever.' " To Yankee fans, it seemed that he did. He gave only one hit in the last 6| innings; the Yankees won (5-4) on a homer by long-legged Outfielder Johnny Lindell...
...tired in the seventh. The Brooks blasted across four runs, capped off by Gil Hodges' three-run homer, to finish Raschi and bring in Joe Page. Joe gave them short shrift, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out four in two and one third innings to save Raschi's first victory of the series...
Page entered the last half inning with a three run lead, and once again a Coleman insurance run proved necessary. With none out, Olmo drove a homer into the left field stands. Page disposed of Snider easily, but Roy Campanella lofted a high fly which just cleared the top of the left field wall to make the score...
...only other time that a homer produced the one run in a World Series game was in 1923. Present Yankee manager Casey Stengel hit it while playing for the New York Giants, and it landed in almost exactly the same spot in the Yankee Stadium as Henrich...