Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there are four serious candidates: Boston first baseman Mo Vaughn, Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, Texas outfielder Juan Gonzalez and Cleveland outfielder Manny Ramirez. Vaughn, the 1995 MVP, hit .337 with 40 homers and 115 RBI; Garciaparra hit .323 with 35 taters and 122 RBI; Gonzalez, the 1996 MVP, hit .318 with 45 homers and 157 RBI; Ramirez hit .294 with 45 homers and 145 RBI. The Red Sox won 92 games, the Indians 89 and the Rangers...
Some will prefer St. Louis first baseman Mark McGwire, who hit.299 with an incredible total of 70 homers. He also was walked 162 times and had 147 RBI. McGwire's proponents can argue that he made the country focus on baseball. His detractors can point out two facts: his team, at 83-79, didn't make the playoffs. He had a lower batting average and fewer RBIs than Sosa...
...first time Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken has won the coveted It's About Stinking Time Award for finally pulling the plug on his streak at 2,632 games. His steadily declining level of play recently (.271 with 14 homers and 61 RBIs) means he is only an average third baseman...
Watching Mo Vaughn's play saddened me; next year, I believe he will transfer his invaluable talents as a leader, slugger and first baseman to another team, and we will rue his passing as we did Roger Clemens'. So while I celebrated this team's accomplishments, I viewed its future with approbation...
ENDED. Baltimore Orioles third baseman CAL RIPKEN JR.'s hallowed streak of consecutive games played; at 16 years and 2,632 games, a major league record; in Baltimore, Md. Ripken surpassed Lou Gehrig's mark of 2,130 consecutive games, which had stood for 56 years...