Word: centerfielders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Deep centerfield in Yankee Stadium is 466 ft. from home plate; at Ebbets Field...
...wore loud ties with his baseball uni form and he insisted on practicing sliding while he trotted to his position in the outfield. "There was a lunatic asylum across from the centerfield fence," he remembers happily. "Them guys in the loony bin always cheered when they saw me slide. But my manager used to tap his forehead and point at the asylum and say, 'It's only a matter of time. Stengel...
...with astonishing skill; at shortstop Alvin Dark, a hard-looking old pro out of Louisiana State, knocked down everything that came his way. Slowly, with infuriating care, young Johnny Antonelli pitched around the thin edge of disaster. In the fifth, Pinch Hitter Rhodes sneaked a piddling blooper into short centerfield and the game was as good as over...
Since July 10, Willie has hit only nine homers, but his batting average has climbed steadily from .328 to .342, placing him second behind Dodger Duke Snider (.348). More important, Willie has batted in 105 runs and scored 106-more than any other Giant. In centerfield, he still makes the acrobatic catches and long pegs that save ball games...
...glee, a pro's sureness and a champion's flair. On the ball diamond, he is in a hurry; he never walks when there is room to run, even if only from bench to field or field to shower room. In the broad domain of centerfield, Mays covers ground with limber-legged speed to pull down balls tagged with the promise of extra bases. He throws from center with a zip and an aim that have brought chagrin to the National League's brashest baserunners. "He's thrown men out at first like...