Word: centerfielders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will probably take the series, three to one, from the Gnats, but even if the Red Sox lose, it won't detract from the merriment. For these two clubs are really fun teams. Things never get dull in Fenway Park. A few errors, wild pitches, a fight in the centerfield bleachers, or any contact with that amazing creature -- the Red Sox fan -- is sure to make the ball game a most memorable occasion...
There were also cases of confusion. The fifth inning at Northeastern Saturday is a case in point. With the bases loaded, Husky catcher Nathanson hit a lazy high fly in the general direction of centerfield. Gavin Gilmor called for it, but apparently didn't notice that the wind was carrying the ball back to the infield...
Hardly an inning went by without infielders caroming off outfielders, pitchers falling on their faces chasing bunts, or wild throws zinging off in all directions. In the last game, the butterfingered Bums booted three in one inning: Pitcher Johnny Podres grabbed a bunt and heaved the ball into centerfield, Catcher Johnny Roseboro fired a pickoff throw into the tall grass, and Second Baseman Jim Gilliam uncorked a relay to first base that hit Giant Harvey Kuenn on the back of the noggin. The three-game tally by a genially myopic official scorer: seven errors for the Dodgers, four...
...centerfield are the two greatest players in the game. In fact, the outcome of the series could well depend on the health of Mickey Mantle, and how tired Mays...
...never could pull, from the first day I picked up a bat. I pull a ball and you know where it goes? It goes to right centerfield, that's where." In the era of the home run, Singles Hitter Runnells is an overlooked oddity...