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<text id=89TT0598>
<title>
Feb. 27, 1989: Died:Vernon ("Lefty") Gomez
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Feb. 27, 1989 The Ayatullah Orders A Hit
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 69
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<p> DIED. Vernon ("Lefty") Gomez, 80, ace pitcher and quipster
for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1930s; in Greenbrae,
Calif. In his peak year of 1934, Gomez won 26 games and lost
five. Toward the end of his career, manager Joe McCarthy said to
Gomez, "Lefty, I don't think you're throwing as hard as you need
to." Replied the pitcher: "You're wrong, Joe. I'm throwing twice
as hard, but the ball isn't going as fast."
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</body></article>
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