Word: basemans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...furnished with his prize-winning 1944 chair. And, his black leather chair near by frankly owes a great deal to the Victorian functionalist, William Morris. The leather cushions have built-in wrinkles, Eames concedes, "but that is a clue that spells comfort to come, like a well-used first-baseman's mitt...
...named, centerfield automatically belongs to Tris Speaker, not so much for his .345-caliber hitting as for his matchless fielding. Figuring that 98% of outfield hits fall in front of fielders, Speaker took advantage of his speed, played in so close that he almost breathed down the second baseman's neck. He watched the batter's feet, knew where the ball would go, was off at the crack of the bat. When the fly dropped, he was waiting. Grabbing line drives on the short hop, he threw runners out at first. Player-manager of the Indians during...
Born. To Albert Fred ("Red") Schoendienst, 35, switch-hitting second baseman of the Milwaukee Braves, and Mary Eileen O'Reilly Schoendienst, 35: their first son, fourth child; in St. Louis. Name: Albert Kevin. Weight...
There were only four repeaters from last year's squad. They were first baseman Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, outfielder Hank Aaron, left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves, and outfielder Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees...
...others picked were second baseman Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox, third baseman Frank Thomas of the Pittsburgh Pirates, outfielder Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, catcher Del Crandall of the Braves and right-handed pitcher Bob Turley of the Yankees...