Face like a clenched fist

In the final game of the Series his bases-loaded triple broke a tie and gave the Yankees a lead. After the Giants narrowed the margin to in the ninth, with the tying run on second base, Bauer made a sliding catch of a sinking line drive for the last out. He hit safely in a record 17 consecutive World Series games — all seven in the and classics and the first three games in He was tough and looked it. Louis Cardinals Gashouse Gang and played the game their way: all-out.

Fine Dictionary. WordNet 3. Indira Gandhi. George Jean Nathan. In literature: Then she saw his face grow black with rage, and, clenching his great fists, he turned away.

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He played with the New York Yankees — and Kansas City Athletics — ; he batted and threw right-handed. He served as the manager of the Athletics in both Kansas City —62 and in Oakland , as well as of the Baltimore Orioles —68 , guiding the Orioles to the World Series title in , a four-game sweep over the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. This represented the first World Series title in the franchise's history. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois , as the youngest of nine children, Bauer was the son of an Austrian immigrant , a bartender who had earlier lost his leg in an aluminum mill.