Word: plated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...threw a two-and-two pitch to a burly batter named Babe Ruth one afternoon in 1921 in the old Polo Grounds. And the Babe belted it so far it set a special kind of record: it broke the hands of an outfield clock some 500 ft. from the plate. It was Pitcher Kerr who asked his boss Charles ("The Old Roman") Comiskey for a raise after winning 40 games in two seasons. "Just give me a dollar more than the $4,800 I'm getting," he pleaded. Once more he was beaten; Comiskey refused. So Dickie Kerr took...
...Slumping in the American League cellar, the demoralized Detroit Tigers still managed to collect a league record. Lumbering Outfielder Gus Zernial stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter in the last of the eighth inning in a game with the Yankees, sighted in on one of Relief Pitcher Ryne Duren's fast balls and belted it into the stands for a home run. It was not enough to win the game (Yanks 5, Tigers 4), but it was Zernial's eighth pinch-hit homer, one more than the previous league mark he had shared with Boston...
General Development has lined up several hedges against a slump in Florida land sales: a new chemical process to plate chrome directly onto aluminum, and a private utility system that sells water to its housing developments. But the Mackles do not worry about a slowdown in housing. Says Frank Mackle: "Anyone can sell when the housing market is good. But when the market gets tough and choosy, we can really go to town because we can undersell the competition...
...eventful third frame. Mouse Kasarjian led off by knocking a long triple to right center which centerfielder Bill Dickson reached but failed to hold. After Brigham had struck out, Tom Bergantino tapped a slow roller down the third base line, and Kasarjian just beat the throw to the plate with a head-first slide...
With the teams deadlocked at 7-all, pinch-hitter George Harrington lined a double down the left-field line, advanced on a sacrifice, and raced home on a suicide squeeze play as Tom Bergantino obligingly tapped a bunt in front of the plate...