Adrian mel ott biography

During his playing career, longtime New York Giants outfielder Mel Ott was one of the game’s most feared sluggers. And according to Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, one of the most popular: “I never knew a baseball player who was so universally loved. Why even when he was playing against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, he would be cheered – and there are no more rabid fans than in Brooklyn.”

Ott was signed by the Giants as a year-old and would remain with the big league club for the rest of his career (). Though he didn’t play much in the early years, manager John McGraw refused to send him to the minors, stating: “I don’t want anyone tinkering with that natural swing.”

Giants teammate Fred Lindstrom remarked upon his fellow Hall of Famer’s untimely death in “My first impression was that he couldn’t make the grade because of his heavy legs, but through constant play his legs tapered and he became, I think, about the greatest ball player we’ve ever seen.”

Ott was adored by

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Letter: Not quite everything

Published 21 January

From Adrian Melott

The Theory of Everything is a well-acted biography of Stephen Hawking, which portrays scientists in a more realistic light than most films manage to do (3 January, p 40).

However, it severely minimises and distorts the role of Dennis Sciama, Hawking&#;s doctoral supervisor. Sciama is portrayed as a cartoon character, a kind of authoritarian gatekeeper who gradually develops affection for Hawking as he begins to regard him as a colleague.

Sciama was much more than that picture suggests, he was a superb mentor who brought out the best in his students. After Hawking&#;s diagnosis when he spent some time depressed, Sciama said to him, &#;Well, you&#;re not dead yet. So, are you ready to work on that bekymmer I suggested?&#; The rest, as they say, is history.

It&#;s my belief that Hawking&#;s history could not have been the same without Sciama&#;s constant interaction and feedback. I wish that his legacy had

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Science And Religion; `One-Party Science'

Adrian Melott | | 3 min read

Science And Religion Discussions of religion and science miss the basic point that religion and theism, or belief in God, are not the same thing (B. Goodman, "Religious Scientists Sense The Divine In Their Work," The Scientist, Jan. 9, , page 1). In fact, belief in God is not a central feature of all religions; one example is the more traditional forms of Buddhism. Trying to reintroduce God as a purpose in evolution is a new version of the "God of the gaps," as are many other attempts to s

Science And Religion

Adrian Melott | | 1 min read

Discussions of religion and science miss the basic point that religion and theism, or belief in God, are not the same thing (B. Goodman, "Religious Scientists Sense The Divine In Their Work," The Scientist, Jan. 9, , page 1). In fact, belief in God is not a central feature of all religions; one example is the