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Traynor and became
Traynor became the Pirates player-manager during the 1934 season.
At the University of California, Berkeley, Traynor wrote groundbreaking articles on taxation, and became a full professor in 1936.
He was replaced by Chris Traynor temporarily and his future in the band became the subject of much speculation among fans.
During the 1960s, under the aegis of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor, the California Supreme Court became more liberal and progressive.

Traynor and Pirates
The Cubs had been in third place, six games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates led by Pie Traynor.
Traynor made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates at the age of 21 on September 15, 1920, appearing in 17 games that season.
In 1925, Traynor posted a. 320 average with six home runs, 106 runs batted in and led the league in fielding percentage as the Pirates won the National League pennant by eight and a half games over the New York Giants.
The Pirates won the pennant again in 1927 with Traynor hitting. 342 with five home runs and 106 runs batted in, but they would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1927 World Series.
After spending time as a scout for the Pirates, Traynor eventually took a job as a sports director for a Pittsburgh radio station in 1944.
When Hartnett took over as manager, the Cubs had been in third place, six games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates led by Pie Traynor.
Despite three home runs, seven RBI and a. 656 slugging percentage by Goslin, the Senators were defeated in the 1925 World Series by a Pittsburgh Pirates team led by Pie Traynor, Kiki Cuyler and Max Carey.
Playing in 159 games, Rollins would finish the season hitting. 298 with 16 homeruns and 96 RBI-production that would earn him the nickname, at least among his teammates, of Pie after Pittsburg Pirates Hall of Fame third baseman, Pie Traynor.
* Died: Pie Traynor, 72, Baseball Hall of Famer and Pirates third baseman
His Pirates team records for innings and strikeouts were later surpassed by Bob Friend, and his record for games pitched was broken by teammate Babe Adams in 1926. Cooper, who batted right-handed, was also a fine hitter, and teammate Pie Traynor recalled that he would often bat in the # 8 slot when he was starting ; in 1924, he batted. 346 in 104 at bats.

Traynor and third
Following the Second World War, Traynor was often cited as the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history, however, his reputation has been diminished in recent years, with the modern-era careers of third basemen such as Eddie Mathews, Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt and George Brett moving to the forefront in the memories of baseball fans.
Traynor was considered the best fielding third baseman of his era, leading the National League in fielding percentage once, assists and double plays three times and putouts seven times.
In 1948, Traynor was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, being the first third baseman to be chosen by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
In, as part of the observance of the centennial of professional baseball, Traynor was named the third baseman on Major League Baseball's all-time team.
Baseball historian Bill James ranked Traynor 15th all-time among third baseman in his Historical Baseball Abstract.
* February 27 – Hall of Fame election – voters select the recently deceased Herb Pennock, and Pie Traynor, as the newest inductees ; Traynor is the first third baseman elected by the writers in 9 elections.
In her first two biographies, Linda Boreman characterizes making the film as a liberating experience ; in her third and fourth biographies ( written after she had come out with her stories of sexual abuse, rape, and forced prostitution in the porn business ), she charges that she did not consent to many of the depicted sexual acts and that she was coerced to perform by her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, who received $ 1, 250 for her acting.
At the age of 23, Lindstrom hit. 358 for the Giants and was named The Sporting News Major League All Star team ’ s third baseman ahead of Pittsburgh ’ s Harold “ Pie ” Traynor.
Babe Ruth picked him as his NL all-star third baseman over Traynor for the decade leading up to the first inter-league All Star game in 1933.
Although many modern-day baseball historians refer to Traynor as the era ’ s premier fielding third baseman, the Pirate Hall of Famer led the league in errors five times including 37 in 1931 and 27 in both 1932 and 1933.
For the seven comparable seasons that Lindstrom played third base, his fielding percentage tops that of Traynor each year.
Catcher Earl Smith made a bluff throw to second and then threw to Pie Traynor at third, catching Gehrig halfway between the bases, but Smith let Traynor's return throw to the plate get past him for an error.
At the end of his career he ranked second in major league history to Pie Traynor in games ( 1836 ) at third base, second in NL history to Traynor in putouts ( 1944 ), assists ( 3494 ) and total chances ( 5684 ), and third in NL history in double plays ( 255 ).
In a 16-season career, Hack had 57 home runs and 642 RBI ; his totals of 1938 games, 7278 at bats and 2193 hits ranked second in Cubs history to 19th-century first baseman Cap Anson, and his totals in hits, doubles ( 363 ) and total bases ( 2889 ) placed him behind only Traynor among NL third basemen.
He was only 27 games behind Traynor's league record for games at third base, and was behind only Traynor and Heinie Groh in career double plays in the NL.

Traynor and baseman
Third baseman Pie Traynor hit. 342 and drove in over 100 runs, joining shortstop Glenn Wright who also topped the century mark.

Traynor and 1922
O ' Connell Street was again the scene of a pitched battle in July 1922, on the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, when anti-treaty fighters under Oscar Traynor occupied the street after pro-treaty Irish National Army troops attacked the republican garrison in the nearby Four Courts.
When the Irish Civil War broke out in June 1922, Traynor took the republican side.
Oscar Traynor conducted some guerrilla operations south of the city until his capture in late July 1922.

Traynor and hitting
Traynor hit. 337 and produced a career-high 124 runs batted in during the 1928 season despite hitting only 3 home runs and, finished in sixth place in the National League Most Valuable Player Award balloting.
Traynor was not a home run hitter-he reached a high of 12 in 1923-but had high numbers of doubles and triples, hitting 371 doubles and 164 triples lifetime and leading the league in triples in 1923, with 19.
In a Vanity Fair article on Marilyn Chambers, whom Traynor married after Boreman left him, Traynor said he considered himself a country boy where he could live away from civilization and if his woman said something he didn't like, he thought nothing of hitting her for it.

Traynor and for
Of the various U. S. states, California was the first to throw away the fiction of a warranty and to boldly assert the doctrine of strict liability in tort for defective products, in 1963 ( under the guidance of then-Associate Justice Roger J. Traynor ).
In Escola, now widely recognized as a landmark case in American law, Justice Traynor laid the foundation for Greenman with these words:
Devereaux believes that for the cloning and longevity process to be a success, subjects must also undergo psychological reconditioning, but Traynor, who is working at R1 as the Government's representative, disagrees, believing that Devereaux is turning the volunteer subjects into brainwashed puppets.
The Time Barrier created a clone projection of Devereaux in the Ice Box in the hope that the children could return a working formula for HA57 to the Traynor clone in 1970.
In Gotti's defense Cutler called bank robber Matthew Traynor, a would-be prosecution witness dropped for unreliability, who testified that Giacalone offered him drugs and her panties as a masturbation aid in exchange for his testimony ; Traynor's allegations would be dismissed by Judge Nickerson as " wholly unbelievable " after the trial, and he was subsequently convicted of perjury.
Haughey obtained his first government position, that of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice, and his constituency colleague, Oscar Traynor, in 1960.
When Traynor retired in 1961, Haughey succeeded him as Minister for Justice.
Guitarist Chris Traynor ( formerly of Orange 9mm ) came on board for the supporting tour.
He served as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court Earl Warren and Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court Roger Traynor.
Traynor began his playing career in as a shortstop for the Portsmouth Truckers of the Virginia League.
In Major League Baseball held its inaugural All-Star Game and, Traynor was selected as a reserve player for the National League team.
In a 17 year major league career, Traynor played in 1941 games, accumulating 2, 416 hits in 7, 559 at bats for a. 320 career batting average along with 58 home runs, 1, 273 runs batted in and an on base percentage of. 362.
Traynor finished in the top ten in voting for the National League's Most Valuable Player Award six times during his career.
* Pie Traynor: A Baseball Biography, scheduled for release in 2010
* Pie Traynor at The Society for American Baseball Research ( SABR ) Bio Project
Oscar Traynor, then Minister for Defence, said that the contracts with the Magdalene laundries “ contain a fair wages clause ,” though the women in those laundries did not receive wages.
Traynor and his men held out for a week of street fighting before making their escape.
Traynor did not contest the second general election called that year but declared his support for Fianna Fáil.
In September 1939 Traynor was appointed Minister for Defence and held the portfolio to February 1948.
On 17 May 1945, Minister for Defence Oscar Traynor stated that he proposed introducing legislation which would deprive deserters of any right " for a long time to come " to employment paid for from public funds.

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