Word: dodgerism
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...Angeles, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Manager Leo ("Lippy") Durocher, fresh from signing a new contract (and telling the world that the Yankees' Larry MacPhail had tried to hire him away from the Dodgers, which MacPhail denied), got a friendly welcome at the airport from Cinemactress Laraine Day, who i) bussed him fondly, 2) announced to the panting press that they were just friends. Promptly another old friend, Powers Model Edna Ryan, now a little confused, rose and pinned a label on him: the Artful Dodger...
...handshake." On his anniversary, he took inventory of his crusades. Mostly they were small-bore: by carefully contrived cracks against radio, Southern cooking, horse operas, hairdos and politicking veterans, he had snared 10,000 letters. They had called him a "fascist, warmonger, race baiter and moron. Added to draft dodger, horse hater, sadist and war criminal, it seems I am a very unsavory gent, indeed, and I sometimes wonder how I stand...
...Benson knelt and intoned: "Oh Lord, their chances don't look so good right now, but everyone is praying for the Bums to win. We ask you not to give . . . St. Louis any better break than you give us. . . ." That afternoon Leo ("The Lip") Durocher used eight Dodger pitchers-a league record-in an unsuccessful attempt to beat the Phillies. Next day, star Outfielder Pete Reiser broke a leg sliding into base, while 32,000 Flatbush faithfuls groaned in intense, personal pain...
Whether Brooklyn wins or loses this week's playoffs, Dodger fans have a really rosy future to contemplate during the long winter months. The twelve-club farm chain collected by President Branch Rickey is busting with young talent. Most likely to succeed: Negro Jackie Robinson...
...characteristic Leo Durocher play: a combination of hunch and maneuver. The Dodger manager figured that by starting right-hander Branca he would draw the Cardinal left-handed hitting power into the lineup; then he would switch, after one batter, to a well-warmed-up lefty. But Branca blew down the lead-off man with such an assortment of stuff that Durocher decided to leave him in a while. Nine innings later, 20-year-old Branca had struck out nine Cardinals, given up only three hits, beaten the Cards 5-0 and reduced Brooklyn's rabid cheering section to happy...