APRIL 13, 1952

“The ‘little woman’s’ advice or the kind of cake she bakes shows up in the score” As manager of the New York Giants, Leo Durocher was the king of the off-color tirades directed at umpires, but his wife, film star Laraine Day, ruled from the stands. After her husband failed to remove a pitcher in time to save a game, “The Lip” told his wife, “I should have taken [him] out, but who would I put in—you?” Her retort: “I could have done better.”