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Word: wits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Steve O'Neill once tried to shock him out of his complacency by benching him, Dick replied agreeably, "That's all right, Steve . . . Don't put yourself on a spot for me." Manager "Red" Rolfe tried another approach-bullying him-with no more success. At their wit's end a fortnight ago, the Tigers traded their perennial problem child to the New York Yankees. Last week, in an unprecedented three-page letter to the press, Wakefield announced that he was genuinely sorry for his sins in Detroit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I've Been a Bad Boy | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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