Word: alou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holler at me in the majors." They certainly don't. Spraying hits from either side of the plate, Rightfielder Rose has batted better than .300 in each of the past three seasons. This year, with a .327 average, he is fighting Pittsburgh's Matty Alou (.330) for National League batting honors. Equally notable is his penchant for playing every second as if his spikes were hot out of the forge, with a headlong slide here, a diving catch there, and everywhere a run, run, run. "If I had eight Pete Roses," says Cincinnati Manager Dave Bristol...
...been divvied up among the twelve pitchers. If the game signified anything, it was that baseball has become a pitcher's preserve. Going into the All-Star break, only twelve batters in both leagues were above the .300 mark, and only two of them-Pittsburgh's Matty Alou (.344) and Cincinnati's Pete Rose (.329)-were hitting over .320. Atlanta's Henry Aaron, a lifetime .316 hitter, is currently batting .248; Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, a four-time batting champion, is chopping at .252. Six National League and 13 American League regulars are batting under...
...Pittsburgh--Newly-acquired Jim Bunning will give the Pirates a front line pitcher for the first time since Vernon Law directed the pennant chase of 1960. He'll get continued hitting support from Roberto Clemente, Will Stargel and Felipe Alou, but the Pirates need two other decent hurlers and--with the departure of Jim Pagliaroni--someone to catch them...
...believe what was going on in the National League last week. Who would have figured that the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants, the two teams most experts figure to fight it out for the pennant, would rank No. 7 and No. 10? That Pittsburgh's Matty Alou, who led the National League in batting last year with a .342 average, would be hitting .217? That San Francisco Pitcher Juan Marichal, winner of 93 games over the past four seasons, would be sporting an 0-3 record and an earned-run average of 6.38? Or that it would...
Batting champion Matty Alou specializes in infield hits, Bill Mazeroski and Gene Alley are the best doubleplay combination in baseball history, and catcher Jim Pagliaroni once played for the Red Sox. The Corsairs don't have a stopper or a dependable reliever, but their staff is competent and lovable: Woody Fryman is a tobacco farmer, Bob Veale is suing Sport Magazine for a million dollars, "Deacon" Law could be mayor of Pittsburgh or Meridian, Idaho, with no contest, Dennis Ribant is a Met who might make good, Elroy Face ... To understand why baseball will always be the national pastime, tune...