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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 69      
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  4.     DIED. Vernon ("Lefty") Gomez, 80, ace pitcher and quipster
  5. for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1930s; in Greenbrae,
  6. Calif. In his peak year of 1934, Gomez won 26 games and lost
  7. five. Toward the end of his career, manager Joe McCarthy said to
  8. Gomez, "Lefty, I don't think you're throwing as hard as you need
  9. to." Replied the pitcher: "You're wrong, Joe. I'm throwing twice
  10. as hard, but the ball isn't going as fast."
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