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The tension was hemispheric. In a Calgary, Alberta court, the Crown interrupted his address to the jury to glance at a note. Then he passed it on to defense counsel, who broke into a grin and quickly apologized: "Pardon me, gentlemen, but I have just received today's ball...
It began lacklusterly, got worse before getting better, and ended in a nerve-twisting climax that practically stopped the normal pursuits of commerce in every U.S. city & town for three hours every afternoon. There were moments when it seemed as if the entire citizenry of the Borough of Brooklyn might...
Insolence Regained. The New York Yankees, a team of wealth, poise, and the standoffishness of rich kids, had gone into the Series 2-1 favorites. Venturing into the vast, triple-tiered Yankee Stadium to give battle, even the Dodgers were on their dignity and obviously respectful. By the second game...
But the Dodgers won the next one. Then in the ninth inning of the fourth game came the big moment. There were two men out, and two men on. The Dodgers were trailing 2-1. On the mound was the Yankees' big Bill Bevens, who was just a pitch...
From that moment, the improbable became the possible: the unpredictable Dodgers had a chance. Anything could happen: the Dodgers even tried to make the Lavagetto lightning strike twice. The Dodgers were in a fix again next day. Joe DiMaggio had slammed his second homer of the Series into the upper...