Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carlton struggled through the Astros' seventh, allowing two hits. A neat pickoff throw by catcher Bob Boone short-circuited the Houston rally and then, in the bottom of the seventh, Phillies Manager Dallas Green lifted his top starter for a pinch-hitter...
Things looked bad for the Dodgers from the start when catcher Joe Ferguson dropped the first pitch of the game and second baseman Davey Lopes booted a ground ball from Houston's leadoff hitter Terry Puhl. But things got worse...
...summer of the great.400 chase, Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper goes unnoticed. While George Brett flirts with the magic mark, Cooper flirts with anonymity, quietly amassing statistics which place him alongside Brett as the league's most consistent hitter...
...however, Cooper must be considered the A.L.'s premier first-sacker. A patient hitter who strives for continual improvement, he looked at his .308 batting average, 24 home runs and 106 RBIs of last year and wasn't satisfied. By swinging more selectively and hitting to all fields, he hoped to improve on those numbers...
...think the key is really realizing what you're capable of doing and then going out and doing it," he says. "I'm a spray hitter, I hit to all fields with power, and this year I haven't really tried to hit the ball out. I'm making good contact and not striking out too much...