Baseball's Deadly Irony and the Plate's Guarded Hope
Jim Murray reflects on Ray Chapman’s fatal 1920 incident, the dangers of pitchers and helmets, and baseball's slow evolution. He compares the sport to football and bullfighting, laments increased injuries, laments protective gear, and calls for more skill and fewer brutalities at the plate. He cites Lou Brock, Juan Marichal, and Roseboro as memory anchors in a broader meditation on risk and culture in baseball.
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Red Sox
Cardinals
Lou Brock
Lou
San Francisco
Juan Marichal
John Roseboro
Maury Wills
May's Triple Pulls Reds To 6-5 Win
Cincinnati Reds beat New York Mets 6-5 in 11 innings as Lee May triples home Johnny Bench in the 11th after Bench led off with a single. Ed Charles drove in two for the Mets in the ninth to force extra innings. Gary Nolan left with illness.
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Cincinnati
Lee May
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati Reds
New York Mets
Mets
Bench
Bill Short
May
Ed Charles
Reds
Gary Nolan
New York
NEW York Cincinnati
Warreigon
Rose Rf
Koosman
Ritchie
Collins
Kelso
Koonce
Berning Pagooo Kranpool
Pavletich
Selma
Carroll
Short
A Johnson
L.may
C.jones
S—Nolan
Sf—Bench
Harrelson
Wshort
Nolan
Tt Kelsoene
Henry's Leads Tight Babe Ruth Standings in St Albans
Henry's Men's Shop holds a one game edge over K. M. Dunn and Dick Moore in a close St. Albans Babe Ruth League race with only three games separating the leader from last place. TD. Chambers and R. Bayley own 3 0 records as co leading pitchers. Eighty four golfers are signed for the Berry Hills Country Club Invitational teeing off at 9 30 a.m with all players required to be present.
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Henry
K. M. Dunn
Dick Moore
St. Albans
Henry’s
TD. Chambers
R. Bayley
Pu Agate
Tuam
Clark
D. Chambers
Aite Frazier
Lake
Berry Hills
Schaal to Miss Games After Head Injury
Boston AP reports former baseball star Paul Schaal faces permanent hearing loss from a June 14 pitching incident. Doctors anticipate return to play someday but not a definite date after a hairline skull fracture. He was released from hospital with orders not to workout for a month.
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Angel Paul Schall
Boston
California Angeles
Boston Red Sox
Schall
California
Kurkjian
Paul
Schaall
Schaal
Jose Santiago
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Polo Grounds
Carl Mays
Ray Chapman
Indians
Yankee
Aaron Ward
Wally Pipp
Chapman
Raymond Chapman
League
Amera Earhart
al Kaline
Tony Conigliaro
Paul Schaal
Detroit
Jim Northrop
Houston
Larry Dierker
Chicago
Dierker
Cubs
Glenn Beckert
Billy Williams
Kessinger
Simpson
Beckert
Torres
Staub
Fipuston
Hundiey
Menke
Nye
Lamabe
Babe Ruth
Guaranty Savings & Loan CO
Gquarrier & Dickinson
W. Va
State Banking Dept
Thunderbird Headquarters
MR. Morgan
Ford Motor
June Sal
Thunderbird
Landau
Dekar
Ford Motor CO
Bert Wolfe
Virginia ST
West
of Fond
Patrick Street Plaza
United States
John M. Kurkjian
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