Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With one out in the fifth inning, Gibson hit a blooper into left field; Tom Tresh raced in, got a glove on the ball--and couldn't hold it. Curt Flood then rapped a tailor-made double play ball to Yank second baseman Bobby Richardson--who couldn't hold it either. Lou Brock singled Gibson home, and then Bill White hit a bounder to Richardson which should have ended the inning with a double play, but the relay to first was slow and Brock scored from third...
Then what do the Orioles have? They have Brooks Robinson, the best third baseman in the American League, who almost singlehanded beat the Chicago...
...player, "like an M-l ready to go off." He commands respect, he commands obedience, and he commands a certain amount of controversy. His own boss, Oriole General Manager Lee MacPhail, calls him "no great shakes as a baseball strategist" and says that he "manages by instinct." But Third Baseman Robinson, who prides himself on being a strategist, says: "On the plays Hank has pulled that I don't agree with, he has proved to be right 95% of the time." One thing is certain: if the Baltimore Orioles do win the pennant, they will win it because...
Standing there, studying that face, watching those traplike hands, the Orioles decided that Bauer was for real-at least, most of them. First Baseman Jim Gentile probably thought he was being funny when he walked up to Bauer last winter and grinned: "Hello, Hitler!" Gentile now labors for last-place Kansas City. Outfielder Willie Kirkland showed up three days late for spring training. Bauer fined him $100 for each day, then sold him to Washington-a comedown that could cost Willie approximately $10,000 in bonus money if the Orioles win the pennant. Three young players who missed a midnight...
...shiny black World Series bats, one for each of Hank's years as a member of the champion Yankees. But it is also a repository for athletic equipment of a more humble nature. There are the gloves and bats that belong to Hank Bauer Jr., 13, slugging first baseman and outfielder for Malliar's champions of the Johnson County Columbia League, and Herman Bauer, 8, winner of the 1964 "Hustle Award" on the Hot Stove League team sponsored by the Johnson County Y.M.C.A. There is the bowling gear of Daughter Bebe Bauer, 10, and the toys of Kelly...