Word: meaner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...works of art; but we persistently throw away much of what they offer by pursuing them in the wrong spirit. To my thinking, the sport most in need of reform now is not football (though that is far from perfect), but baseball. It is hard to conceive of anything meaner than tripping an adversary as he runs past a base, or "rattling" a batsman with derisive language poured into his ear by the catcher, or "breaking up" a pitcher and a visiting team by that organized cheering which is designed to make up for the home team's misplays...