Word: shoo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second off the track record set by Kelso in 1961. That triumph also brought his 1969 earnings to $486,574, which placed the tough little colt well ahead of Majestic Prince ($408,710) and No-double in the year's money derby. It also made him a virtual shoo-in for Horse of the Year laurels...
Laver was hardly a shoo-in. Driving rains interrupted play and turned the venerable club's tournament into a slippery game of chance. As Roche advanced toward the finals, Laver's luck looked even less assured. In matches earlier this year, Roche defeated Laver five out of seven times. Roche is seven years younger than Laver and, at 5 ft. 10 in., 175 Ibs., considerably stronger...
...Baker, "he changes into the most decrepit clothes you ever saw and gets out into his garden. He loves getting dirt under his fingernails." Baker adds that Dirksen "likes to sit out on the terrace with a bourbon in one hand and a BB gun in the other to shoo the squirrels away from the seeds he puts out for the birds." The Dirksens resist dinner invitations, and keep their own entertaining informal. One fellow Senator had to cook his own chicken at a Dirksen party, and guests on another occasion picked the fruit to be served at their meal...
Outfielder Paul Blair is also among the league's top ten batters, and First Baseman Boog Powell is second in RBls with 70. All that supporting power should make the Orioles a shoo-in for the American League playoffs. Still, Baltimore's oft-burned fans can be pardoned for glancing over their shoulders occasionally and wondering whether things will look as good come October as they do in July...
Last week's spectacular victory at Aqueduct made him a shoo-in for Horse of the Year honors, and a millionaire to boot...