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  • Spit and Polish

    03/22/2002 10:02:53 PM PST · by BluesDuke · 6 replies · 209+ views
    New York Herald Tribune ^ | 29 March 1957 | Red Smith
    SPIT AND POLISHMarch 29, 1957 Early in the training season, Charley Dressen split his squad down the middle and the two halves -- designated in the box score as the Have Nots and Haven't Eithers -- played a ball game that ended in a tie. "The Senators this year," wrote Bob Addie in the "Washington Post," "are so bad they can't beat themselves." Since then Dressen's disciples have contrived to beat themselves in some games and the opposition in others, same as all the clubs do during the muscletone season. No effort has been made to check the records, but...