Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more than 95% of the games he has started. At 32, Outfielder Duke Sniders hair is grey, but his steel-blue eyes are as sharp as ever, his gimpy knee is responding to cortisone treatments, and his average is up to .323. At 35, ham-handed Gil Hodges had hit 19 homers and driven in 62 runs when he was forced out of the line-up last month with a wrenched ankle. But Hodges is expected back in time to help the Dodgers as the three-way pennant fight swirls to a finish...
...confident, aggressive brand of ball that is packing the fans into Cleveland Stadium* after years of declining attendance since the 1954 pennant. Backed by a long-ball attack, this whirlwind play has so far made up for mediocre pitching. (FastBaller Herb Score has never recovered his coordination since being hit in the eye with a batted ball in 1957, has a 9-10 record.) "I just turn them loose on the field and let them play," says Gordon. "If a guy gets brave and decides to steal and gets thrown out, I don't make a fuss about...
...sturdy, hard-working iceman, and Angelina Spodafino. Rocco and Angelina came separately to the U.S. in the early '20s from Bari, Italy, met and married in New York City. Rocky's boyhood heroes were his big brothers, Dominick and Vito, who taught him to throw and hit on the paved playing field of Public School...
...buses with Daytona Beach in the Class D Florida State League. After that the road led only upward: Spartanburg (11 homers), Reading (28), two years in Indianapolis (38, 30). In 1956, after a one-month stint with San Diego, Rocky made the Indians for good, as a rookie hit a respectable .276, knocked out 21 home runs...
...last season Rocky did not get on with Manager Bobby Bragan, who stuck slavishly to the book and used his right-handed power only against left-handed pitching. Rocky sought out Bragan and blurted: "If you let me play regular, I'll hit 35 home runs and knock in 100 runs." Bragan promptly tipped off the sportswriters, stuck Rocky in the line-up to let him put up or shut up. "The minute I said it I knew I made a mistake," says Rocky. "But with God's help I hit 41 homers and I drove...