Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Many believe that Boston third baseman Wade Boggs has the best chance among present major leaguers to become the first player since Ted Williams to reach the coveted .400 mark in batting. In fact, Boggs is currently the fourth-best hitter of all time with his career mark of .352 entering the 1987 campaign. The three hitters ahead of him just happen to be Ty Cobb (.367), Rogers Horns by (.358), and Joe Jackson (.356). Obviously, there are many American League pitchers Boggs loves to hit against, but if the Chicken Man were to face this one veteran hurler everyday...
...another run in the top of the second as freshman Mario Ferrante brought in first baseman Joseph Roberts with a sacrifice fly. But the Crimson mounted a comeback, tagging Terrier starting pitcher Doug Bishop for two runs in the bottom of the second...
Mark Clear pitched a hitless eighth and Dan Plesac worked the ninth, allowing a run on a single by Don Baylor and second baseman Juan Castillo's error...
...First baseman Bill Buckner reported ill and right-hander Bob Stanley had to retire early because of a muscle twinge Monday as the Boston Red Sox began their second week of training...
Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the brilliant New York Yankee first baseman whose career and life it cut short, ALS is generally fatal. Among its better-known victims: Actor David Niven and former New York Senator Jacob Javits. Though the cause remains elusive, doctors suspect that genetic susceptibility sometimes plays a role: 5% to 10% of ALS patients have a family history of the disorder. Some researchers consider it to be an autoimmune disease, in which the victim's immune system assaults his own body tissue...