Word: rightfield
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Page began the long trek to the mound, Henrich stepped up to him and said: "You hold it and I'll win it." Page did his part. Two innings later, with the Yanks trailing, 3-2, Henrich picked up a bat and smashed a home run into the rightfield seats, with one man on base, to win the game, 4-3. Page spread the story and a new feeling of confidence and cockiness hit the Yankees. Pitchers like Vic Raschi and Ed Lopat settled down to become the deadliest in the league, and the other hitters perked up. Henrich...
This year scouts had their eye on Trenton's 185-lb. first baseman, Dick Geidlin, batting an impressive .464. He promptly bounced a triple off the rightfield wall to break a tie, and beat Los Angeles in the fourth game. But Dick was only 16, and by baseball rules the scouts couldn't even talk to him until he was 17 and no longer eligible to play Legion ball. Another whose name may some day shine in big league lights, Jack Carmichael, was a lanky righthander from Los Angeles with a burning fast ball. He fanned twelve...