Word: concepcion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First came Cecil Cooper, who hit one deep into the short-stop hole, so deep that even the rangy Dave Concepcion could barely reach it. Bernie Carbo, pinchhitting for Wise, then walked on four pitches. Goodbye Nolan, and hello Pedro Borbon...
While more publicity has been focused on Cincinnati's hitting attack, the Reds' fielding is equally unsurpassed. This season the Reds strung together fourteen consecutive errorless games, another alltime baseball record. Six Reds--Morgan, Concepcion, Bench, Rose, Perez and Geronimo -- have won Golden Glove awards in the past; four won last year alone...
...Young Award winner, notched his fourth victory of the season with a four hitter as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Reds 3-1 Friday night. Carlton lost his bid for a shutout in the sixth inning on an infield hit by Bobby Tolan that drove in Dave Concepcion...
Roman Holiday. Pilot Hawes convinced Obergfell that his craft could not reach Milan, so they arranged to return to La Guardia for one that was properly equipped. Obergfell seemed distracted, talking vaguely about personal problems. "If you knew," he told the stewardess, "if you knew." Later he asked Miss Concepcion if she wanted to go to Rome with him. "What can I say?" she asked, aware of the gun pointed at her head. "You haven't had a vacation yet, have you?" he asked. In fact, the stewardess had worked for TWA only two months...
Back at La Guardia, Obergfell released the 55 passengers. He was told that only Kennedy Airport, nine miles away, could handle transatlantic planes. His gun at Miss Concepcion's back, Obergfell demanded a car to take him to Kennedy. But before it could arrive, he commandeered an airport maintenance truck and was driven, surrounded by an escort of police cars, to the international airport. Being towed out for him at a remote corner of a runway was a fully fueled Boeing 707. Its crew was to be headed by Captain Bill Williams, who flew Minichiello to Rome...