Word: swing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...behind in the ninth inning and a runner on first. The next batter, Casey Stengel, was ordered to bunt so as to sacrifice the runner into a position to tie the score. Stengel tried to bunt one and fouled . . . The next pitch . . . looked so good he took a full swing at it, knocked it over the fence, and won the ball game. Imagine the injured feelings of Stengel (the hero of the battle), when upon rounding third base, he heard Manager McGraw angrily bellow, "You're fined...
...cartoon idea. He made an auto tour of five states to canvass newspaper editors, promptly went to work when he found that almost all of them were for it. Their enthusiasm has been hard on the Hamm bankroll. Realizing that with 108 papers to service he can no longer swing it alone, Hamm is currently looking for sponsors to back the enterprise. But he turns down any suggestion that he charge for his cartoons, or invite "contributions" from the newspapers...
...magic lamp gets to seem more like a Pandora's box; its story grows as cluttered as a playroom on Christmas night; and a show that should strive for lightness seems to be selling itself by weight. Much of Sammy Fain's music has genuine bounce and swing. But under the handicap of its surroundings, it often suggests the playroom with the radio going. A so-so cast includes Singer Yma Sumac, whose voice spans four octaves. It is Bil & Cora Baird's puppets that are much the gayest, most stylish, least wooden things in the show...
...first east-west swing got under way, the experts were not talking quite so confidently as they had a month ago. But most were still sticking to their pre-season predictions: in the American League, Boston, New York or Cleveland (in that order); in the National League, the Dodgers, with a close fight for second place between the Phils, Braves and Giants...
Bolles' rowers' form was near-perfect throughout the race, but they just couldn't seem to realize their potential speed. The boat had no "swing" in it, and after Princeton had once pulled ahead, it seemed dead...