Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whites only, the gangling, broad-shouldered iron man with the blazing fastball had to sweat out a living on the old Negro circuit. For almost three decades, he pitched as often as five times a week, won as many as 100 games a year. Once he fired a no-hitter in Pittsburgh, drove all night to Chicago and pitched a 12-inning shutout the next afternoon. He became a folk hero to ball fans-black and white...
Hara-Kiri Habits. There has been no enmity since. Rose hit .273 that season, covered second like a seasoned pro, was named Rookie of the Year. He later handled third base and left field, lashed 899 hits in five seasons to establish himself as one of the most dangerous hitters in the game, hiked his salary to $57,000 after a spring holdout. That is not nearly enough. "I'm going to be the first player who is not a 20-game winner or a home-run hitter to make $100,000 a year," he insists...
...preserve. Going into the All-Star break, only twelve batters in both leagues were above the .300 mark, and only two of them-Pittsburgh's Matty Alou (.344) and Cincinnati's Pete Rose (.329)-were hitting over .320. Atlanta's Henry Aaron, a lifetime .316 hitter, is currently batting .248; Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, a four-time batting champion, is chopping at .252. Six National League and 13 American League regulars are batting under...
...kind of a game, see. You've already bought a $1,000,000 de Havilland private jetliner and a $600,000 yacht and a $305,000 diamond, and you" bank account shows more zeroes than a no-hitter. So what do you buy next? A whirlybird, that's what. The $500,000 French-made Alouette helicopter made a cute little present from Liz Taylor to Hubby Richard Burton. Then they hustled on up to Sotheby's in London, where Dickie knocked down a Picasso for $21,600 and Liz wigwagged the winning...
Marriage Revealed. Ted Williams, 49, former Boston Red Sox star and baseball's last .400 hitter (.406 in 1941); and Dolores Wettach, 32, a registered nurse and Miss Vermont of 1957; he for the third time, she for the first time; last fall...