Word: sluggers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Andre Dawson had the nerve to belt an offering from the Padres' Eric Show deep into the Wrigley Field bleachers. When Dawson came back looking for more, show fired an inside fastball that decked the Cubs slugger. While Dawson lay bleeding, the benches cleared...
Surprise: the first name thrown out by the Veecks is Brett Butler, the speedy Cleveland centerfielder. Because the American League has a scarcity of base stealers, speed is a highly prized commodity; Butler, a .278 hitter with little power but who swiped 32 bases, goes for $22. Yankee Slugger Don Mattingly goes for $45; Baltimore Catcher Terry Kennedy for $14. Henderson, year in and year out the Rotisserie League's Mr. Everything, comes up fourth. The bidding is fierce, quickly passing Rickey's previous salary of $53. Given the finite money pool of $3,120, the large number...
...comes the cash: Cleveland's potent Joe Carter, who hit .302 with 29 home runs, 121 RBIs and had 29 steals in 1986, fetches $46; Detroit's injury- prone slugger-speedster and amateur airplane pilot Kirk Gibson goes for $41. More than five hours later, the auction closes with the march of the scrubeenies, the cheap players who fill out everyone's roster. There are still some good buys for those who have husbanded their money, either by design or dumb luck. The Moosers grab Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper for $3, the same price that Nova pays for Catcher...
...hours later Gedman became a free agent ineligible to re-sign with his former club until May 1. A six-year veteran, the left-handed slugger talked to several other clubs and turned down lesser offers from Houston and Oakland...
...Daryl Strawberry of the Mets is considered to be one of the bright young sluggers in the National League. Many remember his monstrous homer two years ago in St. Louis off of John Tudor in extra innings to keep the Mets in the Pennant race. Or his homer in Game Seven of the 1986 World Series? Last year, Strawberry had 27 regular-season round-trippers and finished third in homerun ratio (he had 5.68 homeruns for every 100 at bats). The Phillips's Mike Schmidt finished, but can you name the other slugger who topped Strawberry's mark...