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Word: sluggers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Follansbee's hardest hitters are third baseman Lee Quinn and keystoner Joe Wennick. Both bat right handed; both hit a long ball. Jim Palmer, another slugger, follows Wennick and Quinn in the batting order. He plays right field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Andover Nine Will Meet Freshman Team on Soldiers Field | 4/29/1950 | See Source »

...winter out of doors, including a month of lazy fishing at the edge of the Florida Everglades, he was tanned to a light mahogany. His brownish green eyes were clear and sharp, his face lean, the big hands that wrapped around the handle of his 34-oz. Louisville Slugger were calloused and hard. He had 198 lbs., mostly well-trained muscle, tucked away on his 6 ft. 3¾ in. frame. He expected, he conceded, "to have a pretty good year." But as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Competitive Instinct | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

...good spanking for Cinemactress Elizabeth Taylor, 17, was recommended by the Sunday Pictorial, a London tabloid, because "her behavior in breaking off engagements has become as silly as a schoolboy smoking cigars." Meanwhile, in Hollywood, beautiful Elizabeth had a date with a new fellow: Home Run Slugger Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: That Old Feeling | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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