Word: burleson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What?! No Fred Lynn?! I don't believe it. Of all the stupid, idiotic-Oh, excuse me. Mr. Sullivan. Uh, well, if I can't talk to Lynn, how about the Rooster--Rick Burleson. Best shortstop in the league, real gusty too. He'd make a great story...
...next six weeks, Sullivan and new manager Ralph Houk--who still had Lynn, Fisk, and Rick Burleson penciled in his opening day lineup when he accepted the job--will have to reconstruct a team that has not shown flashes of a winning attitude since September '79. Carney Lansford, acquired in the Burleson trade, will help, but the muddle up the middle (Hoffman? Nichols? Miller?) caused a recent caller to a Boston talk show to remark that "every ground ball hit over second base will turn into a triple...
...Boston Red Sox traded Rick Burleson and third baseman Clell "Butch" Hobson to the California Angels last night in exchange for infielder Carney Lansford, outfielder Rick Miller and relief pitcher Mark Clear...
...Burleson, the American League's All-star shortstop in 1977 and 1979, joined the Red Sox in 1974 and has been the club's regular shortstop ever since. He has a major league lifetime batting mark of .273, including an average of .293 in his best season...
...elsewhere. The names have been tossed around like so many beanbags, and who knows what combination of Howe, Lopes, Hatcher, Law, Baker, Cey, Power, Beckwith and Stewart is packaged for consideration right now? Clearly, the Boston management is thinking clearly. They want to get something for Lynn, Fisk and Burleson if they can't sign them. The winter has just begun, and there is really no reason to rush--it only seems so because so many of us are anxious to see what form this personnel reorganization will take...