Word: chambliss
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Johnny Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds, Virgil Trucks, Jim Maloney, and Nolan Ryan 2) Larry Dierker 3)Jim Palmer, Wally Bunker, and Dave McNally 4)Craig Swan 5)Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, Joe Cronin and Al Simmons 6)Chris Chambliss and Roy White 7)Monte Irvin 8)Bob Buhl 9)Roger Craig, Gil Hodges, Jim Marshall, and Don Zimmer 10)Chris Cannizzaro 11)Billy Martin 12)The San Francisco Giants...
Still, the long drive for the American League championship left the Yankees drained and hobbled. Three key regulars-Centerfielder Mickey Rivers, All-Star Second Baseman Willie Randolph and First Baseman Chris Chambliss -missed one or more of the early Series games. Other Yankees suffered nagging injuries that did not remove them from the lineup, but slowed them a step or took some snap from their bats...
After a Nettles single, Lasorda brought in flamethrower Terry Forster to finish the cremation. He allowed a Texas Leaguer to Chris Chambliss, but then struck out three of the final four batters he faced to nail down the coffin...
...than anywhere else, they just seem that way. For when the snow flies, there is too much time to reflect on the annual sadness of autumn, the fact that the Royals have again lost the American League pennant in the playoffs. Two images linger in the mind: Yankee Chris Chambliss hitting the home run in 1976 that beat the Royals in the final inning of the final game, and, in 1977, Royals' Shortstop Fred Patek openly and unashamedly weeping while he sat alone on the bench after another final-game loss to the Yankees. Wait until next year...
...Chris Chambliss (4-for-4, 1 RBI) lined a single to right, and Roy White followed with an identical poke. Pinch hitter "Heathcliff" Johnson grounded out to second, but Dent, the man who made thousands of Bostonians miserable on Monday, lined a single to right, collecting two of his three RBIs. When Mickey Rivers followed with yet another single, Royals manager Whitey Herzog yanked Gura in favor of 35-year-old Marty Pattin, who struggled out of the inning...