Word: harrelson
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Field Activities. And scared a lot of owners. Two years ago, when the Red Sox traded Ken ("the Hawk") Harrelson, the American League's Player of the Year, to the Cleveland Indians, Woolf craftily advised the flamboyant outfielder to "retire," on the grounds that the move would jeopardize the Hawk's business interests in Boston. In a subsequent meeting with Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, Woolf worked out a "substantial compensation" for his client's supposed business losses. Harrelson promptly unretired. "When we went to New York," Woolf proudly explains, "the sport world didn't understand the importance...
...Montreal Rightfielder Rusty Staub making a sliding, onehanded catch. It is Yankee Centerfielder Bobby Murcer bowling over the catcher at home plate. It is Atlanta Leftfielder Ralph Garr running out from under his hat as he steals yet another base. It is New York Mets Shortstop Bud Harrelson pirouetting over second base to begin a double play. It is Pittsburgh Leftfielder Willie Stargell pounding a thunderous drive. It is Kansas City Royals Centerfielder Amos Otis cutting down a runner at the plate with a perfect throw. And it is San Francisco Shortstop Chris Speier backhanding a low liner deep...
...season he has beaten out 32 infield hits. He is also learning to apply his speed to his slightly uncertain fielding. In a game against the New York Mets-which Garr won in the 12th inning by uncharacteristically blasting an opposite-field home run-he robbed Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson of a sure triple with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch at full gallop. "They say a man can't outrun a baseball," groaned Harrelson, "but Ralph Garr...
...official list of nominees for this year's All-Star baseball game on July 14 in Cincinnati, it might be Tommy Helms of the Reds, who is hitting .207, but not the Chicago Cubs' Jim Hickman, who has a .341 average. Though the Cleveland Indians' Ken Harrelson has been sidelined with a broken leg since mid-March, he is still a candidate for the game, crutches and all, while the California Angels' Alex Johnson, who has a .348 average, is not. In fact, almost half of the top 20 hitters in the major leagues have been...
...Schaap's unfortunate failure to write I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow , as such a profile, with his own impression in his own words, dooms the book to fall into the same class as Al Hirshberg's Yaz, or Hawk, about former Red Sox outfielder Ken Harrelson, or Mike Holovak's Violence Every Sunday. And who remembers them any more...