Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sunday they buried Timely Writer near another immortal--the filly Ruffian on Belmont's grassy infield. They buried him quietly, one-eighth of a mile from the post, fitting symbol of the colt's shortened career. There won't be any future generations of Timely Writer breezing around American tracks in 'his fine tradition. But people in Boston and elsewhere will remember this horse for his extraordinary courage, as he lies on Long Island forever one furlong from the finish line...
...stolen bases, successfully employing the squeeze play almost two dozen times, and always sending the man home from third it also means third string catcher Glenn Brummer stealing home with two outs in the bottom of the twelfth and speedy Tommy Herr scoring from second on an infield...
ATHLETICS are another important aspect of a summer proctorship. In fact a surprisingly large proportion of your colleagues are members of varsity teams. You've got the infield of the women's softball squad most of the gridders starting secondary and the middle distance runners of both sexes. All of this is of course, the result of a wholly impartial selection process. In which the written applications of all those interested are given equal scrutiny...
Nobody objected in 1976, when the new owner of the At lanta Braves, a baseball team above which mediocrity loomed like a mountain crag, climbed aboard an ostrich before one game and galloped around the infield. It couldn't have hurt and it might have helped; if the ostrich could not actually execute the double play, neither could the Braves, and it was always possible that the bird would swallow the ball...
...York's Shea Stadium a few nights ago, the Phillies were taking infield practice and chat tering brightly. From a 4-and-12 start ("It wasn't fun playing," Pete whispers, a little ashamed), the Phillies had found their way back to first place under new Manager Pat Corrales. In the drill, Pete played first base. Looking around, he had to laugh. Corrales and Coach Deron Johnson, who was wielding the fungo bat, are his old Cincinnati teammates; another coach, Dave Bristol, managed him there and in the minors; Mets Pitcher Pat Zachry, kibitzing near...