Word: honus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...homer. Then there was Lou Brock. In six games, he had collected ten hits, stolen four bases and scored seven runs. So in the seventh he rapped out two more hits-and proceeded to steal three more bases, thus breaking a Series record set way back in 1909 by Honus Wagner. "My boy Lou," said Red, "stole everything but the lobster from Boston Harbor...
Home Run Mistakes. Born 30 years sooner, Runnells might well have been a candidate for baseball's Hall of Fame. A scientific hitter in the mold of Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb, Runnells smacks clean line drives, rarely swings at a bad pitch. He steals an occasional base, is a superb buntsman and a meticulous fielder. One mistake he rarely makes: hitting home runs. "When I get one over the fence," he says, "I'm doing something wrong," and in twelve seasons Runnells has cleared the fence only 46 times. "I was born to hit to leftfield...