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...first local run was scored in the seventh frame when Henry Young walked, went to third on pinch hitter Robinson's double, and scored on a long fly to left field by Ed Foynes...
...usual lineup. The only change is the insertion of Low Arnow in right field in place of John Gollins, who will be unable to play. Arnow is fast afoot, and is a good fielder. He is a good hitter in the clutch and has been the Yardlings' chief pinch batter...
...early 20s, Nelson started packaging a pinch of vrilium inside an ordinary two-inch-long brass cylinder. Popularly called "The Magic Spike," the cartridge was sold to people suffering from a variety of painful diseases. Nelson was always happy to explain how it worked: when the cylinder was attached to the lapel (or hung around the neck), there were "emanations" into the atmosphere for a distance of 20 feet, discouraging all sorts of disease germs. Meanwhile, the vrilium was supposed to "emanate" inward, restoring the buyer's sick body cells to normal...
...preposterous Dr. Velikovsky . . . says he needs "more learning." What he really needs is a pinch of Attic salt. The famous passage about the sun standing still for Joshua needs no interplanetary cataclysm to explain it. It carries its explanation right in the text . . . The chronicler, writing ancient history, comes upon the Book of Jashar and quotes from it the couplet...
...said, "I hate to cut anyone. Take that kid over there." He pointed to a short dark-haired fellow who was hitting out a few. "Now suppose he's a late starter, say I keep him on and one game comes and he pinch hits in the winning run. That would be swell, but how can I tell now what he can do it. It's pretty tough to work with 50 men all season, you know. If he had a chance to develop...