Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been raining, so I mentioned the poor sewerage system in Cambridge. "Yes, I've wondered why there are so many puddles. Or do you call them puddles? . . There are so many words; I'm learning, of course; but take 'pitcher' for instance; in England we call it 'jug' and a 'pitcher' is something altogether different...
...Versatile Alvin Dark, 25, ex-Louisiana State football star now shortstop for the Boston Braves, won out as National League "Rookie-of-the-Year" in an Associated Press poll of 220 sportwriters. The American League "Rookie-of-the-Year": sensational Gene Bearden, Cleveland's 28-year-old southpaw pitcher...
...crowd (86,288) to watch a baseball game anywhere, any time. Boston batters, who at one stretch had gone 23 consecutive innings without scoring a run, got six in the seventh inning. They won the game, 11-5. Head down, Bob Feller walked to the showers, the first Cleveland pitcher to be shelled from...
Next day, when Boston's Earl Torge-son took a lead off second base, Boudreau again flashed the pick-off signal to the catcher. The catcher relayed it to Pitcher Lemon, who counted three, then wheeled suddenly and pegged the ball towards second. Boudreau, who was also counting to himself, got to the base as the ball did, and tagged Torgeson...
...Difference. The fans, however, don't think of DiMag as a fielder. They come to see him knock one out of the park. Whether at Yankee Stadium or on the road, a reverent roar greets him as he strides to the plate. Joe tells himself that the pitchers should be more worried than he is, and they usually are. He is a cool, relaxed figure, his bat held high and motionless, as he waits for the ball to zip in from the pitcher's box, 60 ft. away, at something like 91 m.p.h...