Word: infield
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...that the Senators were due for a war on poverty grant. They gave up eleven hits and, for the most part, looked feeble against the Indians Sam McDowell. McDowell struck out six of the first nine men he faced and he didn't allow a ball out of the infield until Fred Valentine singled in the fourth...
...spring for Nate Oliver has provided a possible answer to Walt Alston's infield problems. Oliver will open the season at second base, with Jim Lefebvre moving over to third. Tommy Davis should be back in left field, although his ankle remains somewhat suspect...
...quicken the game, he suggested that an intentional pass should be automatic without the pitcher's having to throw four balls, that the ball should not be chucked around the infield after every out, and that relief pitchers who have been warming up for seven innings" should not throw eight warmup pitches when they enter the game...
Speaking of the extremes a team will go to win, he cited the "two World Series of 1965" one in Los Angeles with a cinder-block infield, enabling ground balls to get through and the Dodgers' speedy runners to make use of their talent, and one in. Minnesota with a sandy, sloping infield which slows runners and ruins good bunts...
...remark that "two months hence we may have to face special difficulties." Few Indians have responded to his appeal to eat less. Fewer still are growing gardens. The Royal Calcutta Turf Club at first voted to dig up its emerald inner oval for crops, but so far the immaculate infield remains untouched...