Word: lockman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inning. With two Giants out, Yankee Pitcher Allie Reynolds carelessly walked the next batter. Up stepped 30-year-old Monte Irvin, a lanky Negro with the easy, relaxed grace of a dancer. He bounced on his feet, then hit sharply into right field. The Giants' First Baseman Whitey Lockman doubled. A run scored and Irvin was on third...
...right combination. Outfielder Bobby Thomson, a Scottish-born introvert, was brought back into the thick of things at the third base "hot corner." His slumping batting average boomed from .226 to .289. Monte Irvin, jittery in an unfamiliar first base position, was moved to the outfield. Outfielder Whitey Lockman was switched to first. Irvin's batting average jumped 50 points, and he ended the season leading the league in runs batted...
They set the stage just right, entering the ninth inning behind, 4 to 1, getting one run across, standing Alvin Dark on third (in place of Don Mueller, who injured himself reaching that position the last time) and Whitey Lockman on second. Bobby Thomson was supposed to let one strike go by and hit the next pitch into the left field seats. But Bob Kuzava failed to take the role of Ralph Branca seriously. His first pitch was a ball, and Bob Thomson couldn't find his place. With appalling inability to ad lib, Thomson lifted a fly to left...
...last of the ninth inning the Giants were trailing, 4 to 1. Alvin Dark singled off big Don Newcombe, and so did Mueller, sending Dark to third. Monte Irvin, leading hiter on the Giant squad, popped out, but Whitey Lockman doubled to score Dark and put the tying run on bose...
Hitting has been the big weakness. Only Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky have been getting on base regularly. Monte Irvin, a good hitting outfielder, was a defensive failure at first base, and Whitney Lockman has started to learn the position while playing it. Slow starts by Larry Jansen and Jim Hearn have further slowed the team. Young Willie Mays, centerfielder up from Minneapolis, has started to hit within the past week and should help greatly...