Word: sox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next season. Lary was foundering with a 4-10 record at midseason. Then he began experimenting with a knuckle ball, roared through the last half of the season winning 17 games to wind up with a 21-13 year. Said Ted Williams, then splintering splendidly with the Boston Red Sox: "He's got guts, and he'll fight you all the way. He's not very big. so there's a limit to what he can do. But he'll fool...
...quarter-century later, the lively ball argument is as lively as ever, and its proponents are multiplying. "Don't tell me it isn't a rabbit ball," says Cincinnati Pitcher Jim Brosnan. "I can hear it squealing every time it goes over the fence." The Chicago White Sox's veteran Early Wynn, 41, agrees: "Cut the ball open and you'll find a carburetor...
...give umpires a measure of protection, ushers periodically patrol the stands looking for troublemakers, and all major-league ballparks now serve drinks in paper cups instead of cans or bottles. But determined fans still manage to smuggle heavy artillery into the parks. When the Chicago White Sox played host to a group of golf caddies earlier this season, the umpires were pelted with 500 golf balls. Says Umpire Runge: "Once a lady threw a shoe at me. Generally it's the standard stuff-bottles, garbage, cushions, programs. But I turned white in New York a few weeks ago when...
...another crack lefthander, New York Yankee's Whitey Ford, last week was one of disappointment. Going up against the Chicago White Sox with the best lifetime won-lost average (.715) and the best season record in either league (20-2), Ford suffered a tough loss, 2-1, ended a 14-game winning streak that began last June...
...four games against the hapless Chicago White Sox, the Yankees scored 26 runs, all but eight of them on home runs. In the opening doubleheader, Roger Maris hit four homers, took over the league leadership (with 40) from Teammate Mickey Mantle (who hit two in three days) and spurted 22 games ahead of Babe Ruth's record 1927 pace. Second-string Yankee Catcher Johnny Blanchard tied a major-league record by hitting four consecutive homers, and even Third Baseman Cletis Boyer (batting average: .231) hit three in two games. Moaned beleaguered Chicago Manager Al Lopez: "I think the fans...