Word: slingin
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Bears had a great team, all right. They were big and fast - and from their T formation those 250-lb. tanks masquerading in football pants could whizz along like an armored column. But 8-to-5 favorites? Nuts! Washington had His Excellency Slingin' Sammy Baugh, "the best football pitcher in the world." The Redskins also had three of pro football's best pass receivers. Only two clubs had succeeded in stopping Washington's air attack all season. And the big, bad Bears were not one of them...