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It was impossible, of course, not to ask this man about baseball and the Dodgers of Ebbets Field. During the 30-minute ride, I tried to get some small idea of the real life in all that.
After giving Humphrey a substantial margin in 1968, many of the ethnics rejected McGovern this year. Angered by his support of legalized abortion, his attitude toward drugs, his proposed "surrender" to Communist North Viet Nam and amnesty for draft dodgers, these lower-and middle-class Catholic voters deserted the Democratic...
He has pumped some $1.5 billion into state and local law-enforcement agencies, although much of it has gone for riot-control gear and other unproductive frills. Far more effective has been the Administration's drive against organized crime. This is expected to continue, as is a new emphasis on...
First Rickey had to chew out some Southern members of the Dodgers, most notably Georgia-born Dixie Walker, for organizing a ban-the-black petition. Then National League President Ford Frick was forced to intercede with a tough play-or-else edict to put down a proposed boycott of the...
The bigotry that was characteristic of so many big league ballplayers was expressed in other, more painful ways. In the field, Robinson was frequently spiked; at bat, he had the dubious distinction of being hit by beanballing pitchers more times than any other player in the league. Through it all...