Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast to both the Padres and Cubs, the Tigers have been cultivated largely from their own garden, Second Baseman Lou Whitaker and Shortstop Alan Trammell striking their profitable acquaintance at double-A ball...
Besides depth of pitching-Jack Morris, Dan Petry, Wilcox, Relievers Willie Hernandez and Aurelio Lopez-the Tigers seem to have a depth of depth. Their quintessential utility man, Marty Castillo, is listed as a catcher, though he is properly a third baseman who has played outfield and applied to pitch. With customary Third Baseman Tom Brookens rubbing a hamstring, Castillo has suddenly become a central character and beat out a double play in the second inning of the last game to furnish the essential run. He has a fine sense of mischief: "A few years ago, they came...
...legacy of the old team that went out together was this young team that grew up together, and grew up in the major leagues. Strength through the middle is baseball's eternal ideal, and the model today is the Tigers' Catcher Lance Parrish, Shortstop Alan Trammell, Second Baseman Lou Whitaker and Centerfielder Chet Lemon. Probably it has to do with the nature of runaway races, but none of them seems quite as considerable now as he did in the spring or even last year. Trammell hit over .300 but missed more than 20 games without being missed tremendously...
...American League's West Division, the most admirable or deplorable in baseball, turned on small events. Loath to blame each other, California's affluent Angels considered themselves scuttled on fan appreciation day by an unappreciative fan who stayed with a foul pop-up even though Third Baseman Doug DeCinces had clearly called for it. This precipitated an extra-inning loss to Texas and so unnerved the Angels that they dropped the first three games of the climactic four-game series in Kansas City. Meanwhile, players of lesser means and greater resilience, the Minnesota Twins, were undone...
...missed at the start of the season (knee surgery) coincided with the suspension of Outfielder Willie Wilson, evidently the only member of a quartet of jailed drug offenders whose skills warranted Royal rehabilitation. He has repaid the debt with a .300 batting average and an improved disposition. First Baseman Willie Aikens was banished by the Royals even before his replacement was found: Steve Balboni, who in 122 games hit 27 homers and struck out 136 times. Another motley find was Darryl Motley, for whom the Royals had no minor league space last year in Omaha, so the Tigers graciously...