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...steely crew out in the city that made beer famous. The Brewers are the principal beneficiaries of the home-towner's El Foldo act, and could pull within a half-game of first place if they sweep the three-game set. Watch for Cecil Cooper, erstwhile Bosox first-baseman who went out to Diaryland in the infamous George "Two-Outs-for-the-Price-of-One" Scott trade, to do some heavy-duty slugging, making the Sox management wish they had left the Boomer and his high-priced bat out there with the cows and hops. But whatever you do, watch...
There is a certain unsavory irony in all this. In the '50s, Martin was the Yankees' fiery second baseman, a hustling player who wanted nothing more than to stay with the Yankees, then in their absolute prime (the Yanks won six of eight World Series in that decade). He was even Casey Stengel's favorite. But then-owner George Weiss had it in for Martin, and when he became peripherally involved in a fight at the Copacabana nightclub with some other players in the summer of 1957, he found himself in Kansas City the next day. The incident broke...
...single and a walk off reliever Paul McOsker put Red Men on first and second with one out. Second baseman Paul Halas dropped Burke St. John's throw on the next grounder--one run, men on first and third. McOsker walked another, St. John booted a throw to blow a double play, and then IT happened...
...give me the opening day 1969 double play combinations (second baseman and shortstops) for the four expansion teams of that year? (Hint: The teams were the Seattle Pilots, the Kansas City Royals, the Montreal Expos, and the San Diego Padres...
...Harvard ninth Brandeis second baseman Brian Isaac returned the favor when he allowed lead-off batter Kelley to reach on his error. Stenhouse then moved pinch-hitter Bobby Jenkins to third as he followed with a single, and then Peccerillo pushed the tying run across with his sacrifice fly to left...