Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fred Frankhouse had reached first base, the crowd of 50,000 at New York's Polo Grounds might well have seen another inning or two of one of the most discussed baseball games in history. But Frankhouse did not reach first. Catcher Cochrane picked the ball out of the dust. His throw to first base beat the runner by a foot. The next batter made a two-base hit but the two that followed flied and grounded out. The All-Star game thereupon ended, with the American League still two runs ahead...
...Catcher Mickey Cochrane had reason to be proud of his play in the ninth inning of the All-Star game, he had reason to be even prouder later in the week. In his first year as manager of the Detroit Tigers, he kept the team unexpectedly in second place for some six weeks. Last week, in a crucial series against the New York Yankees, Detroit won the first game and moved into first place. Next day, when Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run, the Yankees beat Detroit 4-to-2, regained first place. Detroit won the next two games...
...American League, major surprise so far has been the performance of the Detroit Tigers who were expected to supply competition in the first division but who, under their new Catcher-Manager Mickey Cochrane, have done considerably more. Rated a 15-to-1 pennant choice in April, the Tigers last week were rated 2-to-1. Another surprise has been the performance of Boston, under its new owner, Thomas Yawkey. For his team this year Mr. Yawkey had a rebuilt stadium and an almost completely new roster of players including famed Robert Moses Grove who was Mickey Cochrane's longtime...
...Catcher: Lopez (Dodgers) Dickey (Yankees...
...result of mild dementia nor a desire to attract attention. He is somewhat absentminded. Pitching against Cleveland in his first year with the Yankees, he was warned to be careful of Averill, who was on a batting rampage. At the beginning of the second inning he whispered anxiously to Catcher Dickey: "Be sure to let me know when Averill comes up." Catcher Dickey informed him that Averill had struck out in the first. The following year the Yankees were playing a crucial game against Washington; there were two men out and three on base; suddenly his teammates saw Gomez...