Word: joes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Covering Joe Restic's Harvard football team as it marched to the 1987 Ivy League title was a thrill I will always remember--especially the finale at the North Pole...
...fascinating observation Angell gleans from Joe Garagiola, a former catcher himself, in this chapter is that Johnny Bench, without a doubt the greatest catcher of his time, probably set back the art of catching, on account of his own great skills. Only Bench, with his extraordinarily quick release and balance, Angell's argument goes, could get away with catching the pitch one-handed, which normally catchers are taught not to do so that their throwing hand is on the ball if a Rickey Henderson or Vince Coleman tries for second base...
...Rose were not only alive then but could still smell the yeast, "he would remind the porter to have the bathtub full of beer by the time he returned." Rose got the story straight from Waite Hoyt, the late pitcher and alcoholic, who along with Third Baseman Joe Dugan was a pallbearer at Ruth's funeral in August 1948. "I'd give $100 for a cold beer," Dugan whispered to Hoyt, who murmured, "So would the Babe...
Cover: Photograph by Dennis Chalkin; illustration by Joe Lertola...
...Joe] has had a great year," Navy Coach Bryan Matthews said. "This was not his best game of the year but he came up with some saves in the end when we needed them...