Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...children would appreciate: wooden horses, one of them winged, a lion fighting a bull, a yoked ox. Perhaps the Phrygian child had been a "feeding problem" and had to be cajoled into eating his meals. At any rate, his tomb was furnished with special dishes for mealtime entertainment. One pitcher was like a goat's head with the horns for handles. Other vessels were modeled after geese, stags or rams...
Maglie was sure and sharp. He gave up only five hits and two runs. But after the first few innings, Sal Maglie was just the second-best pitcher in the game. Towering (6 ft. 4 in., 220 Ibs.) Yankee Larsen was scarcely wasting a pitch. Only once, against Pee Wee Reese in the first inning, did he go to a full count on a batter. His sharp curves found the plate as if they had eyes. He needed no more than 97 pitches (71 of which were in the strike zone) to dispose of the absolute minimum of 27 Dodger...
...another homer, and the home-town stands belched an ugly chorus of boos as the big man sadly slouched off the field. First Baseman Bill Skowron reached Dodger Reliever Roger Craig for a grand-slam homer to push the final score to 9-0. All the while, Yankee Pitcher Johnny Kucks held the Dodgers to three hits, and the Yanks had won back their championship four games to three...
...oldest Yankee pitcher is Ford, at 28, the youngest Kucks, at 23. All season long no combination of Yankee pitchers had put together four consecutive complete games. When the championship was at stake, five of them pitched five...
...fect game in all major-league history. Most colorful was the one between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators in 1917, which was only recently declared "perfect" by baseball's official historians. The first Senator to bat actually reached first base, but he was walked by Pitcher Babe Ruth, who was prompt ly thrown out of the game for clouting Plate Umpire Brick Owens to express his displeasure. The runner was caught stealing, and Relief Pitcher Ernie Shore, called in cold from the bullpen, disposed of the next 26 Senators with out walking one or allowing...