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...driving force behind the batswomen's success has been the excellent pitchin of Gerri Rubin (4-1, 2.97 ERA) and Janet Dickerman (1-1, 3.06). The most pleasant surprise, however, has been the offensive production...
...brother Paul ("Daffy"), led the Gashouse Gang to the pennant; the brothers won two games apiece as the Cards took the World Series. Compulsively impish, Dean approached the Boston Braves' bench before one game and announced with characteristic corn-pone bravado: "I ain't pitchin' no curves today, boys." True to his word, he then "fogged over" nothing but fastballs, pitching a three-hit shutout. Dean's brilliant career was prematurely curtailed by injuries, and he retired in 1941 with a record of 150 wins against 83 losses. Later he became a highly popular broadcaster...
Everyone agreed that it was amazin'. It was even more than that, said the Mets' ancient and revered manager Casey Stengel, who offered the World Series' ultimate moral: "You can't be lucky every day. But you can if you get good pitchin...
Dizzy's salary back in 1933, when he won 20 games for the Cardinals, was $3,000. For his corn-pone idiom and homespun description of doings at the Yankee Stadium this summer he will get $30,000. "Which is more than I ever made pitchin' baseballs," he says thoughtfully...
...Last year, his fifth in major-league baseball. Bob Feller won 27 games for the Cleveland Indians-a record unmatched by any other big-leaguer. He also led the American League in strike-outs (263) and earned-run averages (2.62). Some experts consider 22-year-old Bob Feller the pitchin'est pitcher that ever lived...
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