Word: dodger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hammering young Dodger pitcher Karl Spooner out of the box with five runs in the first innings, the Bronx Bombers were never in trouble...
Manager Walter Alston's Dodgers unquestionably have the potential to win Brooklyn its first World Series ever. The weakest hitter has the power to pole one out of the park. The big batters are almost always hitting away; their strength is seldom wasted in sacrifices. Given a well-tagged ball, anyone on the team will gamble and go for extra bases. If Smokey Alston worries about any single defect, it is Dodger nonchalance. His team won the pennant too soon, coasted into autumn carelessly dulling the fine edge that made them champions. Then, there is always that oldtime habit...
...there any hiding the fact that Dodger pitching is not nearly so spectacular as Don Newcombe's midseason form suggested. When the big righthander is hot, he can throw his fast ball past anyone; when he gets behind and has to come in with it, good hitters murder him. He holds his team record for throwing home-run balls (35 this season). Right-hander Carl Erskine has been off form all year; Billy Loes and Johnny Podres are just too erratic to be counted on. Clem Labine, right-handed relief artist, the pitcher who did most to keep...
Even brighter, there is always Roy Campanella, too good a catcher to let any pitching staff look bad. Dodger pitchers never know how sharp they are until Campy starts calling their shots. Any one of them will have to be hog-wild to throw a ball past him back of the plate. At bat he has a sharp eye, seldom goes after bad pitches. When he gets on base he is perfectly capable of churning his chubby legs fast enough to steal...
Backing up the Dodger pitchers is one of the finest infields around...