Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yankees went through their death throes in the eighth. Dodger shortstop Bill Russell's second error of the night set up two runs, as he threw a sure double play ball into the dugout...
...autumn, the fact that the Royals have again lost the American League pennant in the playoffs. Two images linger in the mind: Yankee Chris Chambliss hitting the home run in 1976 that beat the Royals in the final inning of the final game, and, in 1977, Royals' Shortstop Fred Patek openly and unashamedly weeping while he sat alone on the bench after another final-game loss to the Yankees. Wait until next year, the Royals' fans kept muttering, in the classic fashion of losers, and now next year begins this week when Kansas City once again gets...
...team. They get along together, play well together, hang around together. In an era of temper tantrums, when the fights in the dressing room are often more interesting than the action on the field, the most disruptive event that occurred on the Royals all year long was Shortstop Patek's missing part of a West Coast road trip. He claimed he was hurt, but a few players suggested he was a hypochondriac. Big deal. With such a mild-mannered crew to boss, Manager Herzog gives his players free rein and has found it necessary to call only one meeting...
...starter and ex-Yankee Mike Torrez lost his Midas touch in the top of the seventh, though, yielding two singles before shortstop Bucky Dent came to the plate with two outs...
...first on singles by George Brett (2-for-5) and Amos Otis (3-for-5, 1 RBI) and a Darrel Porter sacrifice. In the second inning, though, they broke the game open, scoring four runs on five hits and a bizarre error by Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent, who hit Clint Hurdle in the back while trying to throw him out at third...