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16. Things didn't go well for the Chicago White Sox in their last World Series against the Dodgers in 1959. In fact, a famous photo shows the Chisox rightfielder while chasing a home run, getting a shampoo from a cup of beer knocked over by a fan. Who was...
The Giants came to Florida as students rather than superstars. Compared to U.S. major leaguers, the Japanese pitchers have good control (but not much speed) and the hitters have sharper batting eyes (they rarely went after a bad pitch). Their slight physiques, however, leave them wanting in hitting power and...
The Bum. Mullin cheerfully admits that "I stole from everybody." But his familiar caricatures were strictly his own inventions. The Brooklyn Bum was born one afternoon in the 1930s after the downtrodden Dodgers dropped yet another game at Ebbets Field. A cab driver carrying Mullin back to Manhattan asked him...
Besides, Scorpio had been an Aquarius rooter from the start. Although he had the same affectionately ambiguous feelings toward him that he once held for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he followed Aquarius' erratic career with a kid brother's awe and expectation. To go directly from The Bobbsey Twins...
BOUTON does make an effort to place the game of baseball in a larger social context. According to the owner's canon, baseball is the place where racism, class inequality and other forms of discrimination do not exist. "You're all ball-players and you all put you're pants...