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...Morgan can usually be counted upon for 20 home runs and three times as many stolen bases. This season he is hitting .260, has had just one home run since May 19 for a season total of eight. He has not stolen a base since mid-June. Centerfielder Cesar Geronimo, four-time Gold Glove winner, has been hurt too, further weakening the team up the middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rose: The Joy of Summer | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...With Geronimo Rex (1972), Barry Hannah emerged as a first novelist with an innate gift for gab. His mockepic saga of growing up wacky during the '50s and '60s hummed down the groove of black humor but spun with Southern English. Hannah revealed an ear for the palaver that still goes on around Confederate monuments, as well as for the eloquent cadences of Faulkner and Joyce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tall Tales | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...think we played very exciting baseball. We ought to be more aggressive." For the Reds, lack of aggression meant stealing only one base. A seamless defense purloined potential Yankee hits, and strong Red arms kept New York base runners back on their heels. Outfielders George Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey fired balls back to the infield so quickly and so accurately that no Yankee was able to stretch a base hit. The pattern of the Series had emerged: the Yankees stopped at third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chilling the Yankees | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...outfield, the Reds have some young players, like George Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey, who, despite their great hit-and run-producing abilities, also play spectacular defense. The Yankees' troika of White, Rivers and Elliot Maddox aren't the greatest hitters and their defense leaves a lot to be desired as well...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Marc My Words | 10/16/1976 | See Source »

Center Field -- Aaagh! These guys are both great. Garry Maddox topped Cesar Geronimo in hitting--.330 to. 307--and he is almost as good as Geronimo in the field. A razor-thin advantage for Philly...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: PLAY BALL! The Pennant Fights Begin | 10/9/1976 | See Source »

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