Word: baseman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Louis second baseman Julian Javier banged a single to center, the sixth of the Card's ten hits, and went to second on an infield out. After Gibson whiffed, the ever-present Brock slapped a grounder into left...
Then one had a chance to study the Red Sox, and one liked the prospect. This kid Andrews, Mike Andrews, the second baseman, so young and earnest. Helmet pulled way down. Stance clean and open. Uniform a little bit dirty, even in the first inning. He tried hard. One could have confidence in young Andrews...
...McCraw let the winning run on when he juggled a throw from Ken Boyer. A few minutes later second baseman Don Buford tossed a double play relay into the dugout. The Sox weak bats bowed meekly to Phil Ortega collecting only four hits...
...last week in Chicago, the debate continued. Was it a bird, a woman, an Afghan hound, a Barbary ape, a cruel hoax, a Communist plot, or Superman? Alderman John J. Hoellen introduced a resolution in the city council to replace the work with a statue of Chicago Cubs First Baseman Ernie Banks. And Alderman Thomas Rosenberg countered with a proposal to send a statue of Alderman Hoellen to Paris' redlit Pigalle. Mused the Chicago Sun-Times: "Picasso himself must be the most surprised to find his art controversial today. It should make the old maestro feel young again...
...paper, that is where they still belong. First Baseman Harmon Killebrew, at .253, is 28 points below his 1966 average; Rightfielder Tony Oliva, at .272, is 46 points off his lifetime mark. Pitcher Dean Chance does indeed have a 16-8 record, but Jim Kaat, who won 25 games in 1966, is 9-12 this year, and Jim ("Mudcat") Grant, who won 21 in 1965, is 5-6, with a 4.91 earned-run average. To top it off, the Twins last week were playing on the road-where they have lost 29 out of 57 games this season. So what...