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Word: shortstopped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hanson was 24 and an ex-shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels when he decided he was in the wrong game, and with 500 borrowed dollars he set up shop designing peasant skirts, blouses and slacks in Balboa, Calif. He could not afford newspaper ads, so his salesgirls modeled the pants in -he store windows. It was unique promotion, and it caught on. The second store, in Beverly Hills, was an instant smash, brought big money and the big time. Jack married his favorite salesgirl, Sally (size 8), and settled down to count his blessings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashions: Bottoms Up | 4/3/1964 | See Source »

...Sargent was a nifty infielder all season, and the same goes for shortstop Tom Bilodeau (.271) and captain Tom Stephenson (.276) at first base. Somewhere in this group, however, Shepard has to find an outstanding hitter. Stephenson's average is the best of any returning regular, with the departure of Terry Bartolet (.346) and Gavin Gilmor (.319) removing last year's only two .300 hitters...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Baseball Team Has Pitchers, But Support May Be Too Thin | 3/24/1964 | See Source »

...Luke Appling, 55: election to baseball's Hall of Fame. Famed, in approximately equal measure, for his 1) batting (.310 lifetime average), 2) versatility (he played first, second, shortstop and third), and 3) hypochondria (his teammates called him "Old Aches and Pains"), Appling loyally toiled for the Chicago White Sox for 20 years without ever playing on a pennant-winning team. "This makes up for it," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Feb. 28, 1964 | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

Veteran Curt Simmons, 34, suddenly found himself pitching three shutouts in three starts. Ernie Broglio, bothered by a recurring tendon inflammation, was strong enough to rack up his 16th victory. Shortstop Dick Groat, 32, fortified with Novocain for a painful ribcage injury, is baseball's best batter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Gashouse Revisited | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

Born. To Tony Kubek, 26, Milwaukee-born shortstop for the New York Yankees, and Margaret Timmel Kubek, 29, former psychiatric social worker: their second child, second son; in Ridgewood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 13, 1963 | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

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