Word: homers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handshake that the Capitol Hill Club Republicans were entranced. At evening's end there was no question whatever in their minds about his being a formidable presidential rival to Club Member Richard Nixon (by then in California on a long-scheduled visit). Said Indiana's conservative Senator Homer Capehart of Rockefeller: "A fine personality - a compelling personality." Glowed New Jersey's James Auchincloss: "I don't think he can make himself any more popular. He's a natural...
...ever hit four consecutive home runs in one game. * But one night last week, in Baltimore's vast Memorial Stadium, Cleveland Outfielder Rocco Domenico Colavito stepped out of a batting slump and into the record books with four mighty swings of his 33-oz. bat. His fourth straight homer, a long blast into the left-field bleachers some 410 ft. away, came in the ninth inning off Baltimore Orioles Reliefer Ernie Johnson, who had not allowed a homer all season. What was more, Colavito brought off his feat in a park rated the toughest in the league for home...
...outfield, Colavito's mighty arm is one of the most respected in baseball. In fact, it is so good that the Indians have actually used him as a pitcher on occasion. A modest and religious man, Rocky admits he heard a fan yelling at him after the third homer to go for the record. "I looked up to heaven and said, 'Dear God, I'm not greedy. I'll be happy if I can get a single next time.' I always talk to God. He's been good...
...humming steel towns of Pennsylvania last week, TIME Correspondent Jack Olsen reported: "A reporter going in to interview the steelworkers about baseball's Pirates would have a snap. The men devote their off-hour attention to the fact that Harvey Haddix is pitching or Bill Virdon hit a homer. But when it comes to the steel labor negotiations, they do not know what is going on. They do not understand the issues. They do not know what they want. They have a vague idea that their pension plan needs strengthening. Some of them talk about shorter hours. They...
...spur-of-the-moment party out to see the Washington Senators win a close one (7-6) from the Boston Red Sox. got two autographed baseballs (one after a homer) from Senator Slugger Harmon Killebrew to give to grandson David. Ike laughed at a photographer's suggestion that Press Secretary James Hagerty, a dedicated New York Yankee fan, ought to replace cellar-dwelling Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. Quipped the President: "He couldn't do much worse...