Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Florida Keys evokes the muggy, going-nowhere feeling of that place. People swim in this movie, too slippery and illogical for Moseby's chess game. One quick scene in the gigantic tank of a pro-football game is perfect--a dark walk through the tunnel into the bleary, intoxicating stadium--the roar and immensity give Moseby's quest all the more futility...
...from the fact that the majority of Americans do not comprehend and appreciate the game's nuances. But Americans are rapidly learning to appreciate Pelé. In his second game, the superstar drew a capacity crowd of 22,500 to New York City's bush-league Downing Stadium to see the Cosmos beat the Toronto Metros, 2-0. In Boston, at week's end, Pelé's supporters proved to be too enthusiastic. While the Cosmos were playing a 1-1 tie with the Boston Minutemen, a swarm of fans rushed onto the field and knocked...
...since 1973. For more than a decade, Courtney played with six clubs, compiling a record of near-flawless fielding and clutch hitting. A relentless belligerence earned him his nickname and triggered some of baseball's most violent brouhahas, notably a game-stopping 1953 free-for-all at Busch Stadium that began when Courtney, then playing for the old St. Louis Browns, spiked Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto while trying to stretch a single. "There's the meanest man I ever met," said his Browns teammate Satchel Paige. "I'm glad he's on my side...
While the younger alumni pile into Penn's Franklin Field or Princeton's Palmer Stadium to catch a glimpse of Joe Restic's boys, Randall's always out there cheering on the more unheralded Crimson ambassadors--the cagers, the hockey players, and even the anonymous tennis and track teams on occasion...
...Minnesota Twins have marked their stadium in both feet and meters. The distance from home plate to the left-field foul pole is indicated by two numerals painted on the stands: 100 (for meters) and 330 (for feet...