Word: infield
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...Take the infield, for example Last season it was Blunder City, a general eyesore that contributed religiously to the team's dismal .875 fielding average. Three of four infield starters return from last year's squad, but as of now none of them have their old jobs back...
...apparent all-freshman infield of Bingham, Stenhouse, and St. John is completed with first-year man Rick Pierce at third base. Pierce, who graduated from the same high school in Pittsfield Mass, as Baltimore Oriole shortstop Mark Belanger, wields a glove so dexterous that his coach rated him a step below the Oriole great. Last year starter Corby Saunders and muscle man Dave Knoll are fighting it out for the backup spot...
...baseball diamond, its infield covered with gravel and stone dust, is not Koehan's major concern...
...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...
...first inning of the first game, Joe Morgan proclaimed his presence by hitting a home run. In the second inning, Lou Piniella of the Yankees doubled to right and took third on an infield out. Piniella assumed a modest lead. Bench fired a pick-off throw to Pete Rose. Piniella was safe by a millimeter. Now the Yankees had seen Johnny Bench's arm. With one out in the sixth, Mickey Rivers, the speed of the Yankees, reached first. He tried to steal and Morgan was a shade slow covering second. Bench started to throw. He held the ball...