Word: scuff
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Rogers died in a plane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1935, along with the globe-girdling pilot, Wiley Post. In the nostalgia of Whitmore's performance, it is refreshing to be reminded of a time when a man who had amassed millions could scuff his toes at success and say quite simply, "Shucks, I was just an old cowhand that had a bit of luck...
...game "hung over out of his mind" and pushing little kids aside who wanted his autograph; of white umpires deliberately trying to embarrass Negro Umpire Emmett Ashford. He tells, too, of the way former Yankee Pitcher Whitey Ford conspired to load the ball with mud, or scuff it with a ring. "Ford," explains Bouton, "could make a mud ball drop, sail, break in, break out and sing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...