Word: team
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Diego Padres in the Pacific Coast League. Says Bucky: "San Diego is a nice town. The pay is fine. So are the folks. But it's still bush." Although the Senators were not likely to go anywhere (under his management or anybody else's), bossing the worst team in the majors was better than bossing the best in the minors...
...Boston Braves; of a heart ailment; in The Bronx. Spearheaded by Spitballer Rudolph's 27 victories (twelve of them consecutive), the Braves zoomed from last place on July 4th to win the National League pennant, the World Series (in four games), and the historic title "Miracle Team...
...that the team's timing has been improved and certain key men have recovered from injuries, Art Valpey's plan was to stick to the ground and give his men a chance to "bite." This means that linemen charge their men with extra drive, that backs hit the line a little harder, that everybody gets bumped up a little...
Towards the end of the game, Valpey employed a helter-skelter "desperation defense," in which one of the guards drops back just before the ball is snapped. The defensive team thus gambles on letting the opposition complete a few short passes; it also has the option of running the ball, but either way the clock keeps running. Naturally, you don't do this when you're behind...
...timing problem is still a reasonably acute one. Although Harvard worked with more precision Saturday than it did a week ago against Dartmouth, the mistakes were less noticeable because Holy Cross was a far slower team...