Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second base, Don Zimmer is a hustler who tries hard to make up for his lack of experience. At first, Gil Hodges is as good as they come. A slick operator with the glove, he is a steady, dependable slugger at the plate. Along with Campy he makes life miserable for left-handed pitchers in the Ebbets Field bandbox...
That series was not without its losses: Slugger Moose Skowron broke his toe in batting practice and is out for several days; Center Fielder Mickey Mantle, fastest man on the team, pulled a leg muscle beating out a bunt, and is on the bench indefinitely; rejuvenated Shortstop Phil Rizzuto was beaned by a pitched ball and had to ride the bench while his teammates won the game already dedicated as Phil Rizzuto...
Divorced. Theodore Samuel (Ted) Williams, 36, Boston Red Sox slugger; by Doris Soule Williams, 34; after eleven years of marriage, one daughter; in Miami (see SPORT...
...tenth, the Crimson was tied with the Lions, 4 to 4. The Columbia pitcher shook off one sign. He didn't want to throw another fast ball to slugger Don Butters. The stocky third baseman had already hit one home run and the Columbia pitcher couldn't afford to let him hit another, not with a man on second and the score tied...
...order to become a young sports hero and rescues the Washington Senators from their perennial losses. The fan reserve the right to cancel the bargain on one particular midnight in the fall. From there on, it is a contest between the devil, a Mr. Applegate, and the retreaded slugger. Having pushed out a host of good songs in the first act, Ross and Adler go home about half an hour before the musical ends, but the intricacies and humor of the plot carry the show effortlessly...