Word: jumpin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Running through his familiar book-Jumpin' at the Woodside, Walk, Don't Run and One O'clock Jump, his theme song-Basie built a cheerful and exciting feeling that seemed intended for an imagined dance floor...
...just before he goes for the batter. "From the time he starts to lean to the time he goes into his delivery,'' says Wills, "I've taken two extra steps." He wastes no time trying to taunt a pitcher-"I don't wanna be a jumpin' jack. If I rile those pitchers, they'll be more anxious to get me than the batter." Even so. says Dodger Vice President Fresco Thompson, Wills's mere presence on base "can raise the batting average of the man behind him in the line...
...wash my face and comb my hair Stop my jumpin' on daddy's chair I'll be a little angel from...