Roger Kahn (1927–2020) American baseball writer
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 1, The Trolley Car That Ran By Ebbets Field, p. 55
“Have just thrown in the towel; this towel was thrown in. Forty, fifty minutes ago. They're not even getting close to the ball.”
2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)
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