Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, an honored veteran of nine years, Momi sickened and died. A queue of sad-eyed Milanese railroadmen filed past the little mound of earth over her grave. "She was a cat of cats," said one of Momi's old bosses, now head of the Station Vehicle Section. "She will have a place here as long as the trains...
...only two days' rest between starts. Giant Manager Leo Durocher, juggling a crippled pitching staff, pulled up to within 3 games of the Dodgers, thanks largely to the standout performance of Relief Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm (13-3), who has worn a path from bullpen to pitcher's mound this season in no less than 63 games...
Sister Joan Marie Ryan, 38, bedraggled and ill with pleurisy, was routed from her prison bed by her Communist guards one day last week and taken to see a grave on the outskirts of Canton, China. Over the grassless mound rose a small stone slab engraved with three Chinese characters. At a glance, the nun, veteran of 13 years in the China missions, transliterated: FORD. At the graveside she was forced to sign a statement that the man ostensibly buried there had died "of old age and illness." Packed off the next day to Hong Kong and freedom, Sister Joan...
When he got home, Hannie discovered that in gaining his fancy new repertory of curves and fireballs, he had lost all control. To offset his disadvantage, he soon taught rival pitchers how they, too, could throw American style. By the time the Honkbal season opened, the mound performances endangered not only batters, catchers and fans, but ballpark passers-by as well. There were so many walks that runs often outnumbered hits...
Hannie is already plotting next season's mound strategy: "I'll be ready with the knuckle ball." Then he dolefully adds: "Right now it is still zooming like a flying saucer...