Baseball Clinic – The Cut-off Man

Baseball can be played, watched and enjoyed on many levels, from the major leagues, Little League and by the amateur who cheers for a favourite team and can quote hundreds of statistics (and will do so, if you don't stop him!).
Among the rules (and everyone knows that baseball has plenty of rules!), -- is one you may hear at a practice session or game: "Remember to hit the Cut-Off Man."
But, wait -- if you’re knowledge of baseball is on the elementary level, you may not be aware of what a ‘Cut-off Man’ is.

Radio … and Me -16

Perhaps the most significant ‘Doo-Wop’ song on the radio in the late '50s was based on a technical feature, and it eventually came to launch a series of radio musical hits and even TV cartoons.
If I told you (Dear Reader of a certain age) that the song was written and performed in 1958, by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., and released on Liberty Records, you’d probably not remember it.
However, if I add that his stage name was 'David Seville,' and the song was
‘Witch Doctor’, then you’ll have a better idea of the craze that resulted.