Word: dodgerism
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...though not, as he had first declared, "just because I wanna be." The question was settled at the Yankees' beery victory celebration at the Biltmore Hotel. MacPhail blustered in late, demanded a private room for his own party, began to celebrate with a tirade against teetotaling Dodger President Branch Rickey, whom Larry does not like. When one of MacPhail's friends defended Rickey, MacPhail punched him in the eye. His outbursts against his own partners made Topping so angry that guests had to break in to head off a brawl...
Victory Dance. The loudspeaker roared out "Lavagetto batting for Stanky." Oldtimer "Cookie" Lavagetto, a near has-been, who had been a Dodger longer (eleven years) than anyone else on the team, rubbed dirt on his hands and strode up to bat. He swung viciously at the first pitch, trying too hard. The next pitch was high but Cookie swung again-and this time connected. The ball screamed toward right field, hit the fence six feet over Outfielder Tommy Henrich's head...
Cookie Lavagetto's double was one for the history books, to put beside Mickey Owen's disastrous dropped-third-strike in 1941, or Babe Ruth's homer in the 1932 Series. It broke up the game. Little noticed in the Dodger's victory dance around home plate, Pitcher Bill Bevens, a forgotten man, trudged toward the dugout with bowed head and tears in his eyes. He had pitched a one-hitter-and lost the game...
...last game ended. He had come in too late. Bucky Harris' Yankees were normal and steady again. And no one was steadier than Pitcher Joe Page, the Yankees' hero of the day. For five straight innings he shot his fast ball across the plate, and only one Dodger reached base. It was the end of the Dodgers...
...Robinson's own Dodger mates who first came round. One or two of his fellow Dodgers began to say "Hello" to him in the locker room. Jackie wrote to his high-school baseball coach: "It isn't too tough on me. I have played with white boys all my life. But they hadn't played with a Negro before, and it sure was rough on some of them." Soon he was invited to play cards on trips, but though he didn't like the deuces-wild type of poker the boys played, he joined...