Word: baseman
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...Diego's Steve Garvey; not players with evident Hall of Fame skills like Baltimore's Eddie Murray, Atlanta's Dale Murphy or Milwaukee's Robin Yount. But cinch Hall of Famers on temporary display outdoors: Cincinnati Catcher Johnny Bench, California Outfielder Reggie Jackson, California First Baseman Rod Carew, Philadelphia First Baseman Pete Rose, Philadelphia Second Baseman Joe Morgan, Boston First Baseman Carl Yastrzemski and six pitchers, Philadelphia's Steve Carlton, Houston's Nolan Ryan, Kansas City's Gaylord Perry, the New York Mets' Tom Seaver, Baltimore's Jim Palmer...
...Brett likes the feel of callused skin against unpolished timber, so the T-85s he orders by the cord from the Hillerich & Bradsby Co. in Kentucky are unstained, pure white bolts of mountain ash, legendary Louisville Sluggers. In order to keep his grip without gloves, the Kansas City third baseman takes tar and slathers every bat like a small town honoring a scoundrel. About the middle of the club, maybe a little higher up than the label, Brett cultivates a sticky reserve for when his palms get especially clammy, like when Goose Gossage is pitching...
There are rules regarding the personal customizing of bats, as Yankee Third Baseman Graig Nettles well knows. Several seasons ago, the barrel of Nettles' bat went off embarrassingly and a spray of little rubber balls shot forth. Nettles was the first man ever to bounce out to the third baseman, the shortstop and the second baseman all at once. Recently in Kansas City, he noticed Brett's bat was duty and mentioned it to Coach Don Zimmer...
When the national tax office released its latest annual figures on Japan's highest income earners (yes, such matters are made public), the top sports figure was Tatsunori Kara, 25, the star third baseman for the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, who makes $720,000 from his baseball salary and commercial endorsements. Hara has attained a status level that outstrips his statistics, though these are not unimpressive. He is currently hitting .300 and is second in home runs in the Central League with 19, after 76 games. How does Hara think his team might fare in the U.S. big leagues...
...pitch five shutouts and win 17 games. Now his record is 10-7 with an earned run average of 2.54, but it is misleading to consider him the Blue Jays' only star. Jim Clancy and Luis Leal have been formidable pitchers, and the able hitters include First Baseman Willie Upshaw, Outfielder Lloyd Moseby and Cliff Johnson, the old designated hitter, whose varied sojourns included a memorable pause with the New York Yankees...