Word: southpaws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hits and an intentional walk had loaded the bases with only one out, Buskie coach Herb Gallagher and Crimson coach Stuffy Mclnnis began a little game of master-minding. DeRosa, who had doubled the inning before, was up, but Gallagher sent Dick Igo, a right-handed hitter, to face southpaw Cooko. Mclnnis countered with John Arnold, a right hander, so Paul Kelley, who bats left, replaced...
Gravem, who has been at number one all spring, is a hard-hitting southpaw, but his strokes are not yet finished to the satisfaction of Barnaby. The coach does, however, see great promise in Gravem's "fight, fire, and talent." Harris, who has fought his way up from number four to second, "improved phenomenally over the winter." He boasts a strong serve and has made great progress on his backhand...
...York Yankees; of cancer; in Port Chester, N.Y. Barred from a career as a pitcher after he strained his arm, he tried running a hotel, selling hot dogs in ballparks, peddling soap, before he went back to baseball. As manager of the Boston Red Sox (1919), he converted Southpaw Pitcher Babe Ruth into an outfielder to give him more turns at bat, and (with Ruth) moved to New York. By deals, trades and good scouting, Ed Barrow provided the Yankees with a constant flow of fresh talent (e.g., Waite Hoyt, Charley Keller, Joe DiMaggio), built teams that won 14 pennants...
...Hand Tied. Warren writes most of his own notes and memorandums (and the one opinion he has written so far) with a yellow lead pencil on standard, yellow, lined legal pads. He writes with his right hand, although he is naturally a left-hander (he was once a southpaw outfielder on a sandlot baseball team). When he was a schoolboy, a teacher tied his left hand behind him and forced him to write with his right. This practice, long condemned as psychologically disturbing, has left no noticeable scars on the Chief Justice...
Second Game. What started as a southpaw pitching duel between Brooklyn's Preacher Roe and the Yankee's Eddie Lopat blew up in a Yankee victory in the eighth, when Mickey Mantle slammed a two-run homer to break a 2-2 tie. The Dodgers outhit the Yanks nine hits to five, but then left ten men stranded on the bases. Score: Yankees, 4; Dodgers...