Word: basemans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...While big-league baseball was reorganizing its rosters, baseball writers were riffling through their memories and replaying the past. Most Valuable Player in the National League, they decided, was Milwaukee Outfielder Hank Aaron. But the vote was as close as the pennant race, and St. Louis' First Baseman Stan Musial, National League batting champion (for the seventh time), finished only 9 points back. Most Valuable Player in the American League: the New York Yankees' bad-legged Outfielder Mickey Mantle (batting average for the season: .365), who limped in 26 points ahead of Boston's Ted Williams...
...Cash!" said he, capturing both the audience and all four panel votes. Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman, posing as Singer Don Rondo, once fooled three out of four panelists...
...first game, but lost a heartbreaker. He started the fourth, and lost that one, too. Called in as a relief pitcher in the final game, Johnson went into the late innings with the score tied and two out. A Senator hit a grounder to Lindstrom, the Giant third baseman. Just as he was about to grab it, however, it hit a pebble and bounced over his head, while the winning runs scored...
...immediate past, the Braves worried about the immediate future. A World Series against the World Champion Yankees was certain to be an uphill fight for the Braves. There was always a chance that Aaron's bat (TIME, July 29) might fail to work its familiar miracles. Second Baseman Red Schoendienst, the old pro who had carried them through the stretch (TIME, Sept. 2), could be counted on for a steady series, and most of Manager Fred Haney's other regulars were providentially free of injuries. But the bulk of the Braves' pitching staff are fireballers...
...some industrial giant takes on a church-league team) are low-scoring affairs. The bunt is a favorite offensive weapon. Fast-handed fielders are always ready to charge the plate; the first and third basemen often find themselves playing just a few yards from the batter. Then the second baseman covers first, the shortstop covers third and the centerfielder takes over at second. The hit-and-run is rare, since base runners are permitted no lead...