Word: balled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...body behind the swing of his 37-in. bat, he can smash drives that make infielders repent choosing their profession, and send outfielders scrambling back to the orange groves. Says Dodger Coach Pete Reiser: "I've never seen anyone hit the ball like Howard, and I saw Kiner when he came up, and Greenberg in his prime...
...most celebrated rookie in years, Howard already has the stuff of legend. Playing for Victoria last year in the Class AA Texas League, Howard hit one ball that was finally tracked to a neighboring golf course-some 600 ft. from the plate. With the Dodgers last week, Howard reached out one-handed for a wild pitch, knocked it 360 ft. over the leftfield wall. But First Baseman-Outfielder Howard may not even be with the Dodgers after the roster is slashed: he lacks polish, still has trouble with change-up pitches, goes after bad balls, is a tanglefoot...
...JAMES A. BALL...
...Shape of the Thing. In Buffalo, John Baldyga escaped with a 60-day suspended sentence after he admitted in court that he had thrown a bowling ball through the window of a restaurant because the place served him a square pizza...
...specialist, a man like Harris might well have been screened out. Born in 1856 in Galway, son of a Welsh lieutenant in the Royal Navy, young Harris ran away from school at 15, having made a name for himself by hitting the class bully with a cricket ball-which was (and is) not considered cricket in an English school. Harris made his way to America, became a shoeshine boy and sand hog in New York (he worked on the Brooklyn Bridge), a cowboy in the U.S. West (he was fearless as a gun fighter, by his own account), a lawyer...