Word: sox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bullet-Bob Turley, the fireballing righthander whom the Yankees bought from Baltimore last year, made his bosses look like smart investors. Only a stubborn scorer kept him from pitching a one-hitter as he struck out 13 batters and beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0, for his fifth victory and fifth full game in five starts...
While the high-flying Brooklyn Dodgers were knocked down by the Chicago Cubs, 10 to 8, to break their 10-game winning streak yesterday, the lowly Boston Red Sox were cheered by the news that Ted Williams has decided to return to baseball, and won, 4 to 3, over the White Sox...
Possibly the best varsity nine since the turn of the century was the 1916 squad, which ended the year with a 22-3 record. The season began with an auspicious 1 to 0 triumph over the World Champion Boston Red Sox. Come to think of it, the way the Sox are playing this year...
Last week half the league was up there fighting for the lead. In fifth place, the Boston Red Sox were only 2½ games off the pace; the Yankees and the Indians were tied, half a game back of the second-place White Sox, and only a game behind the league-leading Detroit Tigers. The Tigers, at least, have an easy explanation for their early success. Their pitchers are working with midsummer smoothness, and their gangling, crew-cut kid of a right fielder is knocking the sweat out of the ball almost every time he steps to the plate. Albert...
...rookie Al came to bat 28 times, hit a commendable .250. Even such rival sluggers as the Red Sox's Ted Williams spotted his promise and helped him polish up his stickwork. "Ted showed me how to bend my back a little and go down after a low pitch," Al remembers now. "Then he told me something else which I think helped me even more. He told me how to keep in condition during the off season, by swinging heavy bats and keeping a rubber ball in my pocket to exercise my grip...