Word: whango
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Whango!" The Yankees' No. 8 hitter was another second baseman: Bobby Richardson, 25, this year the epitome of the goodfield, no-hit infielder. All season long he had only hit a single home run But in the third game of the series Richardson hit a grand-slam home run to lead his team to a 10-0 victory and in the sixth, belted two towering triples as the Yankees won, 12-0. Richardson's final total of twelve runs batted in set a World...
Series record and surpassed by two the previous record held by Ted Kluszewski and Yogi Berra. "I'm just doing the same old things in the same old way," said Richardson in wonderment. "But, whango, something seems to happen to the ball.'' All this was prelude to the seventh and deciding game. In the first inning, with one man on base, up to bat stepped a garrulous vagabond named Rocky Nelson, 35. In his 16-season baseball career, Nelson had played for six big-league teams and been consigned to the minors five times before finally catching...
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