Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since World War II first disrupted the flow of young ballplayers up through the minors eight years ago, not a single slugging first-baseman had reached the majors. The dearth of new catchers was just as serious. There wasn't a hard-hitting catcher in either league or one who could whip the ball down to second-base with the authority of a Bill Dickey or a Mickey Cochrane...
Basemen & Bailing Wire. In the National League, there was such a shortage of outstanding individual talent that no less than six clubs had a fighting chance for the pennant. The Brooklyn Dodgers were sifting and resifting young farmhands in a frantic search for a first-baseman who could hit. The latest of a long list of aspirants: a big Irishman from the Dodgers' Montreal farm by the name of Chuck Connors...
Burt Shotton named Gil Hodges, a converted catcher, to start for the Dedgers; Casey Stengel chose Billy Johnson to go for the Yankees; while Billy South worth, Braves manager, announced that Ray Sanders, injured Boston first baseman, will be placed on the inactive list
...Second baseman Win Carduff, a heavy hitter, will take over the lead-off slot...
...Third baseman Eric Mannino's legs, which forced him out of the lineup last spring, have been giving him trouble again. He was limping at the end of yesterday's practice, and Pete Petrillo may start at third this afternoon. Mannino is leading the team in batting with a 429 average...