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His return a month later was cut short, too, when his oblique began bothering him during a batting practice session in August.

Muncy was in and out of action during the second half, too, suffering a knee injury in July and oblique strain in August.

Patriotism—even in 1943—strikes Hart as strictly for the rubes; Rodgers counters that “Oklahoma!” is oblique reassurance of “what we’re fighting for.”

Shoulder and oblique injuries in his final seasons in Japan had sapped his velocity.

Even Vesia missed a couple of weeks with an oblique strain.