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Word: pitcherful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final game against La Mesa, Calif, (a team that averaged 5 ft. 4 in., 127 lbs.), Coach Faz tried something far more spectacular than extra sleep. He called on his best pitcher, ambidextrous Angel Macias, a twelve-year-old 88-pounder with a fine assortment of curves and sliders, plus a plain, old-fashioned fast ball under disciplined control. Against Bridgeport, Angel had played a flawless game at shortstop. He can, in fact, play any position on the team-becomes a southpaw on first base, a righthander in the rest of the infield, whatever he happens to feel like when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ambidextrous Angel | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

Born. To Donald Eugene (Gene) Conley, 26, gangly (6 ft. 8 in.), ace Milwaukee Braves pitcher, and Kathryn Conley, 25: their second daughter, third child; in Milwaukee. Name: Susan Kelly. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 19, 1957 | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

...these three championships since Philadelphia's Chuck Klein turned the trick in 1933 at the age of 27. But for the life of him, Aaron cannot explain how he does it. He just hits the baseball. "I'm up there with a bat, and all the pitcher's got is the ball," says he. "I figure that makes it all in my favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Wrist-Hitter | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

NATIONAL LEAGUE Team: St. Louis (by ½ game). Pitcher: Sanford, Philadelphia (11-2). Batter: Aaron, Milwaukee (.347). RBI: Aaron (75). Home Runs: Aaron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: BASEBALL'S BIG TEN, Jul. 22, 1957 | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

AMERICAN LEAGUE Team: New York (by 3 games). Pitcher: Bunning, Detroit (11-2). Batter: Mantle. New York (.365). RBI: Skowron, New York (64). Home Runs: Williams, Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: BASEBALL'S BIG TEN, Jul. 22, 1957 | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

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