1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 29: [T]he real danger in drinking came from using cheap, off-brand stuff.at off-brand, adj.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 285: Dom DiMaggio walked away from baseball cold when he felt that Lou Boudreau, the new Boston manager, had treated him with disrespect.at cold, adv.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 126: Our Guys were the regulars [...] Their Guys were in effect the tourists [...] who clearly did not know the drill.at drill, the, n.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 148: [H]is best pitch was his fastball, and he decided to go with it.at go with, v.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 1999: There were days when a pitcher simply didn’t have it, and the opposing players would virtually take batting practice.at it, n.1
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 121: Reynolds [...] was a great money player and they needed a win badly.at money, adj.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 254: Newcombe’s dream as a boy was to drive a truck; that to him meant both freedom [...] and power—by double-clutching on one of those huge monsters.at monster, n.
1989 D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 182: He watched expense accounts like a hawk. He was convinced that his scouts were padding them, which they probably were because they were wretchedly paid.at pad (a bill) (v.) under pad, v.2