Word: kranepool
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...lame and the halt rise from their pallets to perform. Willie Mays, 42, sidelined with cracked ribs and due to retire at the end of the season, was sent in as a pinch hitter during the final game and scratch singled in a run. Willie was replacing Veteran Ed Kranepool, the last of the original Mets, who in turn was substituting for Rusty Staub. Staub, on a home-run jag, could not play in the fifth game because he slammed into an outfield wall making a crucial catch in game four. Kranepool performed on cue by getting a single that...
...closest I ever got was the view from my Aunt Elida's window. She lived off 145th in Harlem, and if you hung far enough out the window, you could see the Polo Grounds. I had to hang out to my knees, but I knew the team anyway. Kranepool, Ron Hunt, Choo Choo Coleman, Hot Rod Kanehl, Roger Craig, A1 Jackson, Jim Hickman--this is a litany from somebody who never seemed to collect baseball cards. With Stengel in the dugout, these simple nobodies became a dangerous crowd of misfits. It was an easy charm. For these were lean years...
...Kranepool, one of the original Mets, stroked an opposite-field two-run single and veteran Willie Mays got a one-run Baltimore chopper scratch hit to highlight the Met offense...
Back in 1960, baseball was the hottest sport in Buffalo. Not that any Buffalo sport was hot news. The Bisons of the International League, managed by Kerby Farrell and featuring such stars as Bobby Wine, Ed Kranepool, and Big Luke Easter, had nothing to contend with in the local sports news. Hockey, and famous names like Dennis DeJordy, Wayne Maki, and Ed Van Impe (who have risen to anonymity with hockey expansion), at that time still ended before...
...batters produced six hits including home runs by center fielder Tommy Agee and first baseman Ed Kranepool. Starting pitcher Gentry aided his own cause with a two-run double-his first hit since August...