Word: baseman
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With a runner standing on second and two down, third baseman Lisa Rowning--Lora's older sister snagged a hot one-hopper down the line and ended the threat with a perfect throw to first...
Harvard used the southern swing as a chance to test its depleted pitching staff and work out a couple of other questions in the lineup--including the situation at the corners. First sacker Elliott Rivera and third baseman Scott Vierra--who combined for 90 hits and a .356 batting average last year--both graduated, and the batsmen are still not set with definite replacements at those positions...
DIED. Oswald (Ossie) Bluege, 84, third baseman of catlike quickness for the Washington Senators (1922-39) who was widely regarded as one of the best glovemen ever to play the position; in Edina, Minn. His 49 years' employment with the Senators--the Minnesota Twins after 1961--included stints as coach (1940-42), manager (1943-47), farm director (1948-54), controller and secretary...
...with Quisenberry, or rather, stopping with him, Kansas City is a team of pitchers, a gentle way of saying the Royals have the feeblest batting average in the American League and have scored the second-fewest runs. California, on the other hand, is a team of pensioners. From First Baseman Rod Carew to Rightfielder Reggie Jackson, as sure as the Chicago Cubs play in daylight, the California Angels play in twilight. Their manager, Gene Mauch, is the most respected one never to win a pennant. Ahead of the Royals by one game in the West division, the Angels faced downy...
...Blue Jays walked Pat Sheridan intentionally to pitch to Balboni. But Balboni, who set a team record with 36 homers this season, hit a blooper into center field that fell between the outstretched gloves of shortstop Tony Fernandez, second baseman Damaso Garcia and center fielder Lloyd Moseby...