Word: leftfielders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Preparing to write this week's cover story, Goodman drew on his observations of Bench on the field and of the game generally. The fact that he plays an occasional but enthusiastic leftfield for TIME'S softball team may or may not have helped; the team bears a certain resemblance to the Mets in their earliest days. For a close-up view of the Bench personality these days, Goodman relied on Correspondent Karsten Prager, who traveled with the catcher last week...
...first inning, he lined Giant Pitcher Gaylord Perry's first pitch off the right centerfield fence for a stand-up double. Next time up, when Perry tried to jam him with a high inside fastball, Hammerin' Hank hit a 350-ft. drive that sailed over the leftfield wall and caromed back onto the playing field. After retrieving the ball, Third Base Umpire Paul Pryor was presented with a card that read: "I caught Hank Aaron's 600th home run." It was a souvenir worth keeping, for Aaron had just set a career mark surpassed by only...
...Leftfielders. Ambitious sons of famous fathers are hardly unique in politics. With personality continuing to outweigh party loyalty as a political asset, an increasing number of candidates are emerging from leftfield to give voters surprising options. Some examples...