Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mickey Rivers, who exploded for four consecutive hits, led off the Yankee's half by slicing a triple to the opposite field. He raced home on Roy White's infield single...
...Yankees pulled into the lead in the bottom of the third after Rivers bounced a single up the middle and loped home on Munson's second RBI single. Chambliss made it 4-3 for New York when White scored on his infield roller...
Thanks to an infield pop-up of a punt by the Lions' McKeon, the Crimson next took over on Columbia's 33, and this time Kubacki wasn't as generous...
Steinbrenner doesn't like fights, though. He refused to let the Stadium, a public facility, be used for a Frazier-Foreman fight this summer because it would allegedly tear up the infield grass too much. The fight promoter then told the press that Steinbrenner wore a toupee. So the Yankee owner, concerned by this assault on his image, told the broadcaster on Sunday to pull his hair to "see if it is a purple wig." The Yankee-paid Messer dutifully announced that it "feels real to me," as the camera focused on the Yankee team taking the field...
Michael Kelly then singled, moving Joyce to third. On a double steal that was the play of the game, Kelly moved to second, confusing the infield and allowing Joyce to steal home...