Word: bunting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other years had won ten pennants, finished second eleven times, third four times, fourth twice, fifth once. They won three World Series, four pennants in a row from 1921 to 1924. Famed as a strategist, Manager McGraw assumed responsibility for every play. Once he fined a batter, ordered to bunt, for hitting a home run. He took pride in developing players. Christy Mathewson, reputed the best pitcher in history, was a first baseman on the Giants when McGraw joined the club. McGraw discovered famed Frankie Frisch at Fordham, saw him become baseball's ablest second baseman. He began training...
...amateurish errors. Both teams were overstrung, playing crazily in their eagerness to win. Before the game was over Mule Haas of the Athletics had tripped himself getting started to field a hit in centre field and Pitcher Grove had fallen on his face trying to pick up an easy bunt. Though zeal was the cause of the errors, the game resembled a sandlot final rather than a world championship; only the presence of the President of the U. S. through the whole nine innings and the crowded stands built on the roofs of houses beyond the right field wall contributed...