Word: platee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flop, even though Pittsburgh's left-field fence had been brought in closer to help him. But Greenberg bunked with young Kiner on road trips, talked while his protégé listened, practiced with him. On Hank's advice, Kiner stood closer to the plate, spread his feet a little more, learned to relax instead of freezing when the count got to two strikes against him. By August, Ralph Kiner had almost doubled his 1946 homer production (as a rookie last year he led the National League with 23). Says Greenberg: "He's a much better...
Fleet-footed "Little Joe" Giannelli can be counted on for some stellar broken field running as he produces some of the thrills of the afternoon. Margareta is another stallwart lineman who protects home-plate during the spring season. All these men are anticipating the renewed rivalry with men they met in high school days...
Actually, Jackie at bat is most dangerous when the odds are against him. When the count gets to two strikes, as he explains it: "Then I begin to crowd the plate a little." Says Branch Rickey: "He is the best batter in the game with two strikes on him." Pitchers capitalize on his hasty swing by feeding him slow stuff. "I just can't hit those nuthin' pitches," Jackie complains. Because he is the best bunter in the game, the Dodgers "cut him loose" at the plate (i.e., let him decide for himself whether to take...
...Standing on third, Jackie carefully watched Pitcher Joe Beggs' windup. Robinson ran in with the pitch as far as he dared, then slammed on the brakes and began to count: "One-two-three-four. . . ." He ticked off how long it took Beggs to get the ball across the plate. Satisfied that he could have made it in that time, Jackie scurried back to third base and took a deep breath. Next pitch, as Beggs involved himself in another slow-motion windup, Robinson was off like an express, rushing for the plate. The pitcher froze like a man with...
Green Light. ICC allowed Railroader Robert R. Young to divest his Chesapeake & Ohio Railway of control of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate) road. He will distribute C. & O.'s 192,400 Nickel Plate shares to C. & O. stockholders as a stock dividend. In permitting Young to shed control of a road that competes with the New York Central, ICC removed one more obstacle to Young's aim to control the Central...