Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...throwing arm, young Brooks wound up and threw a rolled-up paper at the Dickeys' front porch. The paper landed on the roof. Robinson, now 33, has made few bad plays since. Last week, throwing, fielding and hitting like a man possessed, baseball's premier third baseman led the Baltimore Orioles to a four-games-to-one World Series victory over the Cincinnati Reds with one of the most spectacular performances in the 67-year history of the Series...
...plate, it was in the field that Robinson was most devastating. Time and again, just as the Reds began to get hot, Brooks stopped them cold with his brilliant glove work. Even so veteran a baseball man as Casey Stengel was awed. "He's the best third baseman I've seen in 20 or 30 years," said Casey, who offered some sage advice: "Don't hit it to that feller...
Cincinnati's Lee May had to learn the hard way. In the first game the muscular first baseman drilled a sure-fire double down the third-base line-or so he and 51,531 fans thought. In one lightning motion, Brooks whirled across the line, snared the ball backhand and threw off-balance to nip May at first. Next game. May hit another shot down the line that the lunging Robinson speared on one knee and turned into a double play. Rubbing it in, Robby the Robber stole another base hit from Cincinnati in the third game with...
Lasting Memento. In 16 seasons, Robinson won the Gold Glove award ten times as the American League's best fielding third baseman, and has been elected to the league's All-Star team 13 times in succession. His best year was 1964, when he led the league in runs batted in (118), hit 28 home runs, batted .317, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. This season he hit .276 and led the Orioles in hits with 168. Asked how much of his ability with the glove is acquired, the softspoken, balding Robinson says...
...Second baseman Dave Cash scored one run and batted in another to give Pirate pitcher Dock Ellis the victory. Donn Clendennon knocked in the only run for the Mets...