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...height--and now.810 on the Hall of Fame ballot. That number represents 346 out of a possible 425 votes and makes Willie McCovey only the 16th player to enter the hall in his rookie year of eligibility. But "Stretch" always started fast. The San Francisco Giant first baseman was a Rookie of the Year in 1959. Second in this year's voting, four votes below the 319 needed, was Billy Williams, hard-hitting outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. But Yankee Slugger Roger Maris, whose 61 homers in 1961 broke Babe Ruth's immortal record, died last month while ballots were...
...scene straight from The Monty Stratton Story, Toronto immediately tested Leonard's leg with a bunt, and might have kept it up if bulky First Baseman Steve Balboni had not dived to the bag in such a heroic frenzy that Second Baseman Frank White laughed out loud. "There are times," White says, "when a whole team reaches down for something that's even better than winning. I know it sounds impossible." On the subject of impossibilities, consider three hits, 18 men retired in a row and a 1-0 victory that ended on a strikeout. "When I struck Rance Mulliniks...
...then, of course, there was the unsettling moment that reminded us all that Harvard’s third baseman and closer was somehow still just a freshman...
Although the solid senior class of Stefanchik, Sabin, co-captain Lauren Bettinelli, first baseman Cecily Gordon, and catcher Annie Dell’Aria represents the only group during Allard’s tenure to depart without an Ivy title, the seeds were sown in 2005 for a ripe future with the young guns left behind...
...Harvard converted an out on Fullerton shortstop Blake Davis’ third-inning leadoff bunt, which became a two-base hit after an errant throw hit the dugout, or made the play on Titans second baseman Justin Turner’s grounder to third, Dorn might not have batted in the third...