Word: platee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three thousand men & women in evening dress were sitting at tables on the great floor (at $15 a plate). Among them were virtually all the ranking officers of the Administration and all shades of local politicos, including Democratic Boss Charlie Binaggio, who had just been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury to tell what he knew about the revival of racketeering in Kansas City. Six thousand non-diners watched and applauded from the flag-bedecked balconies. An army of harried waiters served 3,000 tenderloin steaks without allowing more than minor peripheral cooling to set in-no mean achievement since...
...Yankee Stadium. On his first time in at the plate, Joe DiMaggio struck out. Then Pitcher Allie Reynolds walked three Red Sox in a row and Relief Pitcher Joe Page walked two more. By the time the hitting-and-walking uprising was put down, the Red Sox were four runs ahead. His third time up, Joe DiMaggio doubled; Slowly, the Yankees began to nibble away at the Red Sox lead. Left-hander Page, getting a grip on himself, said: "Whenever I got a little tired, I looked at that guy [DiMaggio] and said to myself, 'If he can play...
...room, Joe DiMaggio paced the floor. Weak and pale from an attack of virus pneumonia which had kept him out of the line-up for 14 days, he muttered: "I wish I could save the energy I'm using now." Then the Big Guy walked out to home plate to take his bow in the celebration of "Joe DiMaggio...
...more home runs, thus set a mark never equaled by such sluggers as Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx and Joe DiMaggio. Furthermore, the 26-year-old pride of Pittsburgh seemed to be improving with age. One night last week, with 50 homers to his credit, he stepped to the plate with 11,881 fans howling for him to hit another. With the National League's home-run record of 56 (set by Hack Wilson back in 1930) so close and time so short, Kiner's big problem was to keep from pressing. "When I try to force...
...homework is studying slow-motion pictures of himself at bat, looking for telltale hitches, lunges and hesitations. At the first sign of any break in his smooth-flowing style he goes to work on himself. Unlike most contemporary sluggers, Kiner digs into a wide-legged stance at the plate and takes almost no stride at all as he meets the ball. The usual forward stride, he thinks, is a waste motion and throws a power hitter off balance. To get maximum power into his own swats, Leftfielder Kiner uses the same delicate combination that is found in a perfect golf...