Word: jeepsters
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Using a fire-engine red Jeepster, Greenberg hustled relief pitchers out of Cleveland's bull pen, got them to the mound in a matter of seconds compared to the ambling three to five minutes usually required. Less colorful, but equally timesaving, were two other Greenberg suggestions which the Indians now follow: 1) make a pitcher wait his batting turn in the "on deck" circle instead of in the dugout, and 2) make him go to the mound more promptly at the start of each inning. These stunts, the Cleveland management figured, had already cut the time of games...
...Willys Jeepster 26.10; Chevrolet Fleetline 21.07, Plymouth P18 21.25, Ford DeLuxe "6" 23.33; Studebaker Champion 26.55, Nash Statesman...