Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...homers. Homerun production, in fact, was up 27% over last year. Boston's Ted Williams had already hit 24, Cleveland's Al Rosen 25, and the Pirates' Ralph Kiner 20. But although most pitchers were beginning to seem lucky if they lasted through the seventh-inning stretch, there was more than a suspicion that the ball alone was not responsible...
...savvy Canadian Clint Hodgins, one of the top drivers in the U.S. last year, knew he had plenty of horse left as he hit the top of the stretch. He gave the mare her head. That was all Proximity needed. She swung the 36-pound sulky out for a clear shot at the brilliantly lighted finish, breezed effortlessly past the leaders and went on to win by 2½ lengths. Said one of Proximity's admirers afterwards: "It was just as if Hodgins had stepped on an accelerator...
...wins in fifteen starts, McInnis' charges proved to be a team which could hit and field, although not at the same time. After a slow start, the squad went on the road, and, playing only one home game in the last nine, it managed to win seven in that stretch...
...Stretch-Out. Dr. Skinner also exploited pigeons. By subtle and gradual application of the "stretch-out," he forced one pigeon to peck 35,000 times in a five-hour period for only one-third of an ounce of food. "This," explains Professor Skinner, "is similar to offering an incentive to a wage earner. A high output can be obtained with very little pay if the schedule of payoff is right...
Going into the stretch, Jockey Brooks drew his whip again, gave Citation a businesslike whack. "I wanted him to keep his mind on the race," said Brooks. Citation did. He ran down Bolero in the stretch, got home three-quarters of a length ahead. The tote board flashed the time: Citation had run the mile in 1:33 3/5, two-fifths of a second better than the world record set by his stablemate Coaltown at Washington Park last year. A moment later, the announcer verified what everybody at Golden Gate already knew: Big Cy had also beaten Stymie...