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 v.β€” Β«I knew that second one (another 2-run smash in the fourth) was going. I was so sure that I hot-dogged it around the bases. You know what I meanβ€”I gave it that home run trotβ€”sort of Cadillacked my way around the bases.Β» β€”β€œβ€˜Greatest Thrill’ Says Big Klu” in Chicago Washington Post and Times Herald Oct. 2, 1959. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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