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...have sex," says the man who is not exactly a social recluse. "To hit is to show strength. It's two against one at the plate, the pitcher and the catcher versus you. When I'm up there, I'm thinking, 'Try everything you want. Rub up the ball. Move the fielders around. Throw me hard stuff, soft stuff. Try anything. I'm still going to hit that ball.' God, do I love to hit that little round sumbitch out of the park and make 'em say 'Wow!' " Opposing pitchers like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Muscle and Soul of the A's Dynasty | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...Coleman, it is semblances that mark the working man different from the college professor. Give a man a blue collar, lace him up in boots and levis, rub dirt into his hands, face and joints and he will be a working man for a day until a bath after supper has swept these petty distinctions from his natural form. Coleman's earnest, nearlaughable effort to play the role to its hilt--munching the very last of the grits at the oh-so blue-collar diner, mouthing the curse-words he once choked on in front of his students--bespeaks...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Dog-Days for a White-Collar Man | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

There has to be some strong motivation for running in the Marathon. "Unlike Mike," Kalal said, "I didn't come up here to rub shoulders with the best marathoners in the country, in the world, for that matter. What attracts me to Boston is the number of runners. It's sort of like the Woodstock of marathons. You have people of all backgrounds and all occupations getting together...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Four Will Face the Marathon | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...board to suggest we should share our baths." Other Britons were taken with the idea, but still found Ap practical arguments to buttress the two Tories' starchy objections. Vacationing at a hotel in Somerset, one couple forgot to turn off the taps with all their rub-a-dub-dubbing, and the water seeped into the bar. The next morning they hurriedly checked out after the other guests greeted them with the Eton Boating Song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Flubbing the Rub-a-Dub-Dub | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...fans and sportswriters alike there's a rub. The Tigers of Princeton roar, but do the Purdue Boilermakers boil? Or make? Bulldogs or Bears can fight, claw of maul but what do the Ephmen do? Something obscene, no doubt...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Does a Rose Smell as Sweet? Team Nicknames Are No Clue | 1/24/1974 | See Source »

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