Word: boneheaded
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...Than a bonehead G.O.P...
Brooklyn teams have always had a special genius for blowing ball games in a thousand different ways. Brooklyn ball fans grew up with the Daffiness Boys and their bonehead base running of the '20s. They remember a rooter who turned murderer with rage over a loss to the Giants, a minister praying vainly for victory (1946-the Cardinals won the pennant) on the steps of Borough Hall, Catcher Mickey Owen dropping a third strike and losing a championship. With the inevitability of Greek tragedy, the beloved Bums were often contenders, sometimes won pennants and never won a World Series...
...Speaker was invoking an old rule which provides that a word or phrase once officially banned in parliamentary debate cannot be used again. As a result, no M.P. can call another a bonehead, windbag, twister or underfed dwarf, say he lacks guts or intestinal fortitude, describe his speech as ballyhoo, cant and humbug, or cheap and nasty...
...every play is dissected and graded by the coaching staff. Later, the players get their marks individually-and for each one a spot on next week's lineup is at stake. The grades range from 1 "for superb effort like a triple block," to 7 "for a bonehead play or a costly fumble." A grade of 4 is average. Against Cornell, Kazmaier had a "perfect" game; he never slipped below 4, and got three of the five ones the coaching staff gave...
Before Thomson came up in the ninth inning, he had already collected two hits, one of them a double. But he had also made two bonehead plays, one of which let in one run and kept the rally going in the Dodgers' big eighth inning...