Word: basemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...decided. (Durocher Dodgers, better at the start than in the stretch, have been first on the Fourth five years out of eight.) They stayed on top, and lost to a better team, the Cardinals, only after a postseason playoff. To do it, Durocher used no less than four first basemen, four second basemen, eight third basemen, nine outfielders, four catchers, and an endless parade of pitchers. It was a remarkable performance, but by Durocher's own standards he was no hero in Flatbush; he lost the championship...
Most sport writers played it for laughs. They quipped about Second Basemen's Local 307 and overtime pay for extra-inning games. But the idea of labor unions in baseball was catching. It was no joke for the Pittsburgh Pirates; over 90% of them seemed dead set on wearing a union label. Last week, after ten days of hemming & hawing, Pirate President Bill Benswanger bowed to the spirit of the times, agreed to negotiate with the players' union...
Quonset opened the scoring in the second with two men out, when left fielder Siegfried singled to right field. Priebe then grounded to Jack Falsey, Crimson shortstop, who bobbled the ball and threw to first basemen "Slats" Slattery. Slattery dropped the ball, and the man was safe. Bill Lutz, presuming Priebe out, left third base and Siegfried came roaring around to score while Slattery and second baseman Bob Chapple ran down Priebe...
...sons of old Erin have taken over the Yardling infield in grand style. Aside from being wicked wielders of the oak shillelagh, first basemen Jack Casey, keystone sacker Vince Leahy, shortstop Jim Gallagher, and hot corner guardian Johnny Kilpatrick have given the Freshman squad some of the fanciest exhibitions of fielding finesse that have graced the enclosed arena in many a campaign. The outfield has had little but batting practice...
After pitching superb three-hit ball for eight innings during which he whiffed eight Northeastern basemen, Mort Waldstein weakened in the ninth, blew a two-run lead, and the Buskies finally eked out a 4 to 3 win on sweltering Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon...