Word: baseman
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...time, the Sox felt justified sending pitching phenom Don Aase and enough money to sign Rick Miller out west because they needed a steady-fielding second baseman to plug the hole beside Rick Burleson. Well, Remy has outlasted Burleson in Boston while becoming an offensive threat as productive as the Willie Randolphs and Bobby Griches. As always, he remains a superb fielder...
Yankee Third Baseman Graig Nettles started out making them in this Series, and that is largely how New York jumped off with two quick wins. Jackson, "Mr. October," dropped out of the starting lineup when he went lame early in the playoff sweep against Oakland, and Nettles came on with both bat and glove. Then he too was sidelined. October stars were falling like leaves. When the Series opened, it looked as if the man with the magic might be Bob Watson, 35, a fine but little-heralded player with losing teams for many years. Watson hit a three...
...something else. Second Baseman Davey Lopes defined it: "Character." It may be that Dodger Third Baseman Ron Cey too has been touched with a bit of this magic. He hit a three-run homer and made a diving catch of a double-play bunt...
...Dodger victory was marred, however, when third baseman Ron Cey was beaned by a pitch from reliever Rich Gossage in the eighth. Gossage had thrown one strike to the Dodger infielder, when he next pitch, a 94 MPH fastball, hit Cey in the helmet...
Graig Nettles delivered the New York Yankees to the World Series in a suitably Yankee way. When he was through batting out the Oakland A's in three straight play-off games for the American League pennant, the third baseman scuffled with Teammate Reggie Jackson for good measure...