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Next time he bestirred himself, Big (6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs.) Newk took on the Phillies, and his teammates got him what he wanted. They got four runs in the first inning, fielded flawlessly as the pitcher worked away with a lazy grace. His big curve snapped wickedly off...
¶ Irked by the poor showing of his 1955 world champions (six games out of first place at week's end), Manager Walter Alston gave them an angry dressing down, called them gutless, and somebody leaked the word to sportswriters. Later, to a man, the Brooklyns denied that good...
In the ninth inning of a game with the Phillies one night last week, three Brooklyn Dodgers strode to the plate, one after the other hit home runs to win the game, 6-5. The feat, staged by Duke Snider, Randy Jackson and Gil Hodges, was only the latest record...
Play It Mean. Today occasional pitchers may still get away with an occasional outlawed spitter, but that dangerous pitch has all but vanished. Just about the only survival from baseball's rowdy youth is the "accidental" beanball, the close pitch that keeps a batter honest by forcing him back...
¶Exactly one year to the day after the Chicago Cubs' "Toothpick Sam" Jones pitched the last no-hit game in big-league baseball, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine turned in the second no-hit game of his career and beat the Giants 3-0.