Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
Only four teams in history have won the series after being behind 2-0. But it never occurred to the Dodgers to worry. They were too busy being happy about going back to their own carefully tailored ballpark, with its concrete infield, bunt-favoring baselines and hard-to-reach fences. To celebrate that (and Owner Walter O'Malley's 62nd birthday), Pitcher Claude Osteen-an American League castoff whose lifetime record against Minnesota is 6-0-shut out the Twins on five hits. The Dodgers pounded a succession of Minnesota pitchers for ten-including five doubles. Los Angeles...
...star must stick to his public character. A TV cowboy or country musician does not, if he is wise, roll into town behind a screaming police escort or in a chauffeured limousine. The touring cast of the Beverly Hillbillies cannily commandeers the town's oldest car for its infield entrance. Jim Nabors, trained as an operatic baritone before he took on the title role in Gomer Pyle, cost the gate an estimated 10% by trying to sing classical arias at the Shelby County (Iowa) Fair in July. And Lorne Green's Shakespearean parody...
Instantly, the infield at Candlestick Park was jammed with milling, jostling players trying to separate the combatants-or get in a lick or two of their own. By the time everybody got back to the ball game, 15 minutes later, policemen were guarding the dressing rooms, and both Roseboro and Marichal had been escorted from the park...
...Chicago Cubs did not hit a ball out of the infield until the eighth inning. But lim walked ten men, hit another, stretched the count to 3-2 against 14 batters. He loaded the bases on walks in the third inning, got out of that jam when Chicago's Billy Williams grounded out. In the ninth, he loaded them up again, but Don Landrum obligingly popped up to the infield. Maloney's teammates did their bit to contribute to the tension−by doing practically nothing at the plate. After nine innings, the score was still...