Word: carbo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carlton Fisk, Yastrzemski and Orlando Cepeda present a powerful hitting attack, and the Sox are also looking for Bernie Carbo, a former St. Louis Cardinal and Cincinnati Red, to start living up to his potential. Missing from the attack, of course, is Reggie Smith. His value to the team last year was, at best, questionable...
Television and its instant replay have little reverence for those hulking black buzzard judges of the basepaths. Two egregious cases in point are two plays at the plate in the first games of the 1970 and 1973 Series. In 1970 Ken Burkhardt called the Reds' Bernie Carbo out when, as an instant replay showed, Baltimore catcher Elrod Hendricks missed the tag and Carbo the plate...
...Reds in batting average with .334, but in the power categories he has fallen behind Cincy's Catcher and Cleanup Man Johnny Bench, who leads the majors in home runs (40) and RBIs (115), and sets new criteria for excellence at his position No. 5, Rookie Outfielder Bernie Carbo, has the face of a matinee idol, and 19 home runs in only 263 at bats. They are all backed up by Lee May, the quiet first baseman who is called "Mechanical Man" because of his stiff bearing. May led last year's Reds with 38 homers...