Word: furillo
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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Rackely replaced Carl Furillo, who suffered a groin injury last week, but Marv twisted his back while backing up a forth inning line drive to Duke Snider, and Luis Olmo came in to play left field, Hermanski was stationed in Furillo's right field berth until Carl pinch hit for him in the ninth. Mike McCormick played the spot in the last half inning...
...Dodgers, Johhny Jorgenson doubled in the first and Peewee Reese singled in the eighth, then stole second. Cart Furillo reached first in the fifth when his grounder went through second-baseman Coleman's legs for the only error of the game. Gene Hermanski, who walked to open the second, was the only Brook to reach third. He got there when Gil Hodges hit into a double play started by Reynolds...
...Metronome Co-Editor George Simon, looked as though it might turn into a bigger hit. The tune was less catchy, but Leslie Records' Brooklyn Dodgers Jump was already in its second pressing of 25,000 copies. Reason: three Dodgers, Pitchers Ralph Branca and Erv Palica and Outfielder Carl Furillo, backed by an Ebbets Field chorus, were the recording artists...