Word: sox
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tuck until the seventh game: first the Red Sox won one, then the Cardinals evened it up (thanks mainly to the pitching of Harry Brecheen). Baseball 1946 was still no postwar model...
...companion covered an average of 20 miles a day. For a man of his outstanding academic achievements, Professor Pound has maintained an unusual interest in sports. In fact the last thing he said as this writer was leaving his office was, "Have you heard how the Red Sox are doing today;" He didn't say how he was betting on the Series...
...sleepy-voiced Arch McDonald has been announcing baseball for 15 years, is so well known around Washington that he easily won the Democratic nomination for Congress (from Maryland) last June. His partner will be James Joseph ("Jimmy") Britt, a hustling 36-year-old who announces all Boston Red Sox and Braves home games in a fluid but spicy manner. Fans consider Arch and Jimmy among the best in the business, but they still like to hear the Corum drawl...
...concessions have been made to the bobby sox brigade. Johnson gets too cute at times, much to the brigade's delight, and the slapstick isn't always up to Shavian standards. But you don't have to be a bobby-soxer to enjoy Johnson's plight on his first duck-hunting trip, and constant adult laughter at the many good gags drowned out the most ambitious concerted squeals the soxers could muster last night...
...than he likes to remember. Then one day he told Manager Steve O'Neill: "I'm going to win for you next year." He was voted the league's most valuable player in '44 and '45. Last week Hal shut out the Chicago White Sox with four hits for his 21st win (5 defeats...