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However wry Roth is, baseball is a religion in this novel. A ghostly past of Mel Ott, of Honus Wagner, the Folo Grounds, Kenesaw Mountain Landis -- it haunts this book. To Word Smith, it fled with America's innocence. In the bleachers at Fenway the other night, thinking of this, and badly shaken by the rendition of "Knock Three Times" that had just been piped to us at a deafening level, the kid in front of me with the baseball cap began loudly to taunt the center-fielder with the ageless imputation that he bit the dust. This convinced...
...eternal summer of baseball memories, single images stand out: Babe Ruth, all massive shoulders and spindly legs, crouched somberly at the plate; Mel Ott's right leg flicking out as he stepped into a fastball; Ty Cobb's spikes flashing high as he slid home. In the case of Frank Frisch, the "Fordham Flash," the scenes are multiple-the headlong plunge toward second as he stretched a single into a double, the grace with which he consumed ground balls as an infielder, the temper tantrums that enthralled the crowds, baited the umpires and got him ejected from many...
...fifth-inning blast was the 41-year-old titan's 647th career home run, and it moved him past Mel Ott into seventh place on the all-time RBI list, with...
...GOVERNMENT RATES: Israelis are high Ott their political leaders. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan is most lauded, with 95% rating him anywhere from "excellent" to "pretty good." Dayan even outpolled Mrs. Meir, whose rating was 91%. Abba Eban received 78% among Israelis (and 75% among Arabs who approve of his relative dovishness and the fact that he makes radio broadcasts in perfect Arabic). Opposition Leader Menahem Begin received a 66% rating. Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon each received 65%; Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir...
...Babe Ruth of Japan," who slugged 47 homma last season and earns a neat $120,000 a year, drove in two runs on two hits, using an odd, dog-at-a-hydrant batting stance that hasn't been seen in the U.S. since the heyday of Mel Ott. Oh's occidental counterpart, mountainous Boog Powell (35 home runs and a $90,000 salary), went hitless. Although the Giants moved into an early lead, the Orioles pulled out a 6-4 victory with two runs in the eighth inning. The visiting Giants then went on to trounce the Kansas...