Word: shawkey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shawkey...
...last Thursday's reopening, sold out eight days in advance, Bob Shawkey, the starting pitcher in the 1923 opener, threw out the first ball. Five of his and Ruth's teammates from the 1923 Yankees (World Series winners that year) were on hand-Waite Hoyt, "Jumping Joe" Dugan, Hinkey Haines, Whitey Witt and Oscar Roettger. The youthful crowd greeted the old heroes with no more than polite applause and saved the biggest ovation for Mickey Mantle, the most nearly contemporary demigod introduced. Even Joe DiMaggio failed to produce much of an explosion among the watchers. Because...