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...TIME: 18 years later. THE PLACE: Crosley Field, Cincinnati. Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez, 27, star pitcher of the National League-leading San Francisco Giants, is feeling lousy. His neck is stiff, his shoulder aches, his elbow hurts. He is dosed with vitamins, painkillers and anti-allergens. Caramba! But never fear. He stands there on the mound with a big grin on his face, firing baseballs at the Reds as if he didn't have a care in the world. In the fourth inning, with the bases loaded, he strikes out Cincinnati's Johnny Edwards on five pitches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Dandy Dominican | 6/10/1966 | See Source »

...four teams in three years, hit 26 homers for the Reds. Reserve Outfielder Jerry Lynch, woefully weak on defense, batted over .400 as a pinch hitter. Catcher Darrell Johnson, a Yankee castoff, hit a lusty .333. First Baseman Gordy Coleman, obtained from Cleveland, found Cincinnati's bandbox Crosley Field to his liking, collected 25 home runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Old Stoneface & the Major | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

Fred Hutchinson of the Reds plans to start Robinson in left, Pinson in center, and Lynch, Post or Gus Bell in right, unless the game is at Crosley Field, in which case Hutch will put Robinson in right, Pinson in center, and Lynch, Post of Bell in left. Isn't baseball fascinating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cincinnati Will Surprise Yankees in World Series | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

...season's total in the West Coast bandbox to 204. Previous American League record for an individual ball park was 200. set at Detroit's Briggs Stadium in 1959. Next target for the American Leaguers: the major league record of 219 set at Cincinnati's Crosley Field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Homer (Contd.) | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

...fast. Shopkeepers unearthed yellowed 1940 newspapers and put them on display as a reminder of the last time the Reds won a pennant. Music lovers carried transistor radios to the Cincinnati Zoo's summer opera to hear the score between arias of Verdi's Macbeth. Attendance at Crosley Field was up 24% over last year, headed for a million-season mark as 431,683 went to see the Reds' first 38 home games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How They Scream | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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