Word: yaz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even write for the News Board whenever and as much as you want. Typing with one finger is the only preliminary requirement, but we'll teach you how to hob-nob with the greatest sports figures of our times--Floyd Wilson, John Yovicsin, Wild Bill McCurdy, Edo, Yaz, Bobby and Satch...
...massive crowd's ovation rose as McCarthy strode in from left field like Yaz. Hundreds of red, white and blue McCarthy balloons drifted upwards. The crowd then started up "we want Gene." After a few minutes they stopped and McCarthy began to speak--calmly and quietly...
...Yaz was knocked down three times in Cleveland last weekend. He had to hit the dirt yesterday to avoid being hit by a high inside fastball by Siebert. Reggie Smith was hit on the elbow by a Siebert pitch in the first inning...
...season got under way last week, Carl Yastrzemski, who clouted 44 home runs for the Boston Red Sox last year, picked up right where he left off by belting two in his very first game. Harmon Killebrew, who matched Yaz with 44 for the Minnesota Twins, also collected two homers last week, although he needed two games to get them. New York's Mel Stottlemyre pitched a shutout in the Yankees' home opener-just as he did in 1967, when the Yanks proceeded to lose 90 of their next 161 games. The New York Mets lost, as always...
This time Yaz refused to greet the interlopers, but, heeding the Riot Commission Report, rebuffed them only gently. It was too late. As the Park and City police and the dwindling crowd watched in disbelief, the lawlessness, the disregard for property which has convulsed the nation at large, came to Yawkey's Yard. Perhaps a hundred grade-schoolers, led by a spindly-legged eight-year-old girl, spilled onto the field from all directions and advanced on their general like a children's crusade. Yaz backed warily against the Wall, but the worshippers rolled on. Two groundskeepers were dispatched...