Word: platee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tent cities named Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland, New York, San Antonio, St. Louis, Carlisle,†etc. The general idea in redeployment camps: keep morale high with plenty of recreation, shows, liberal leaves, a taste of home in advance. Thus "Boston" has "Tremont Theater." At "Brooklyn" is a home plate from Ebbets Field, a bag of Coney Island sand...
...with the ball. Stephenson tried to stretch his him, and Wallace, who had finally got the ball from Allen, tried to catch him going into second but heaved the pellet far out into the center field daisies, allowing Stephenson to come home to score easily. H. C. dented the plate twice more in the eighth when they clustered three hits by John Walen, Ray Borowicz, and Pohlman...
Jack Wallace just didn't have it. His usual speed and control were lacking as he struck out only one batter while walking for. He also was hit solidly for nine hits and allowed the plate to be dented five times...
Tommy Holmes is the big reason why the sixth-place Braves have already drawn 15,000 more cash customers than they did all last season. The Yankees, whose present powder-puffing at the plate has put them in the also-ran class, could certainly...
Just for good measure, Stahl's charges picked up two more tallies in the eighth frame. Swegan started things going with a single to left field, and Pierce brought him loping across home plate with a long belt down the left field line for three bases. Jack Knowles, who came in for the seventh inning to give Wallace a rest, singled to left and Pierce came romping in with the tenth run of the game. Knowles was cut down trying to pilfer second, and that ended the inning...