Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trip was a highly encouraging one. Aside from the important practice the entire team experienced, at least two sophomore pitchers, Ken Rossano and Jim Fitzgibbons, showed the ability to hold their own in varsity, or varsity-plus competition; and McInnis also had the opportunity to work out evidently successful infield combinations...
...possible starting infield for the Fort Leo game would find sophomores John Maher at first and Art Noyes at second, and seniors Ray Maesaka and Ed Krinsky at third base and shortstop. With Dick Clasby staying home from the trip to rest after a recent illness, George McDonald may start behind the plate...
...Coach Stuffy McInnis will probably keep juggling his infield for the three games, constantly looking for the right combination. In making his different alignments, McInnis can work with Jim Kiggen at first, Dick Hoffman at second and Jim Rahal at third...
...working together in a way to warm the heart of J. Edgar Hoover-as well as the 11,000 track fans present-decided on a plan. With Wilt not competing but calling out the times for each lap from positions in the infield, Ashenfelter would try to run eight evenly paced quarter miles of 66 sec. Thumbs down from Wilt meant Ashenfelter was behind schedule, up meant ahead, palms level meant on the button...
...going into the ninth. Dodger Carl Furillo then gave Brooklyn fans a foretaste of paradise by poling a two-run homer into the stands. Then the Yankees struck back; in the last of the ninth, with runners on first and second, Billy Martin drove a line single through the infield. It was his twelfth hit of the series. More important, it scored Hank Bauer with the run that made the Yankees World Champions for another year. Score: Yankees, 4; Dodgers...