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TheOldMole May 05 2008 11:07 PM

From the NY Times, June 2, 1948: ]OTTMEN SCORE, 10-1, AFTER 4-3 SETBACK Annex Afternoon Game on 13 Hits The Giants and Dodgers went at it hip and thigh in an all-day tournament at Ebbets Field yesterday, but by the time the last survivor in a grand aggregate of 57,102 spectators had given way to sheer exhaustion... 34,149 mingled their cheers and groans in the afternoon as Master Mel's Marauders larruped four Dodger pitchers for 13 blows.

Valadius May 05 2008 11:57 PM

I've never heard the word "larrup" before.

batmagadanleadoff May 06 2008 01:20 AM

="Valadius"]I've never heard the word "larrup" before. It's an ass-whuppin'. Larrup's the verb.

Fman99 May 06 2008 06:44 AM

="batmagadanleadoff"] ="Valadius"]I've never heard the word "larrup" before. It's an ass-whuppin'. Larrup's the verb. I have a framed copy of this picture that my mother-in-law bought for me at a yard sale. I like having a picture of those two specific players without having to look at MFY uniforms or logos. Those were team names used when Gehrig and Ruth led contingencies of local players on off-season [url=http://www.thepitchbook.com/id11.html]barnstorming tours in the late 1920s.[/url]

G-Fafif May 06 2008 08:14 AM

That settles it -- the 2008 Mets are to be known as the Wrightmen. Would you believe Churchgoers?

AG/DC May 06 2008 08:16 AM

Los Reyes Orientales.

Frayed Knot May 06 2008 08:17 AM

G-Fafif wrote: Would you believe Churchgoers? Only if they play the Pagans.

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2008 08:18 AM

I like how pitchers used to be called "twirlers."

Frayed Knot May 06 2008 08:26 AM

Former SI writer Steve Rushin was big on noting and repeating old and little-used phrases like that. He cited one where a visiting pitcher going out for the first inning was said to have "toed the alien humpback" Or when Chicago's woes on account of thin pitching was described as; "Cubs Blame Slump on Slim Slab Corps"

batmagadanleadoff May 06 2008 08:28 AM

The Silly Willies.

batmagadanleadoff May 06 2008 08:29 AM

The Nilly Willies.

Frayed Knot May 06 2008 08:33 AM

Back when Frank Howard and Jim Fry were coaches they used to have ST inter-squad games which pitted the 'Jumbo Franks' against the 'Small Fries'

AG/DC May 06 2008 08:34 AM

The Brady Bunch vs. The Easley Duzzitts

Gwreck May 06 2008 08:55 AM

Didn't the Mets use nicknames for their split-squad game at the beginning of the Spring Training this year? It was Jerry Manuel's team vs. Sandy Alomar's team. Can't remember the nicknames...

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 06 2008 08:57 AM

Manuel Laborers vs. the Sandy Crotches

Gwreck May 06 2008 08:59 AM

Upon further review those nicknames (Manuel Laborers and Alomar Cookies) were Edgy-created. For some reason I had remembered them as "official," and appearing in a Marty Noble piece but I guess not. [url=http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8341]Link[/url].