Word: longs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...comes to bat are compliments, an obverse brand of recognition that the leather-lunged reserve for the good ones. "The booing is not very nice, but it doesn't upset me," says Rocky, whose sincerity still startles his teammates. "I never booed anyone in my life, but as long as they pay, they're entitled to do it. I'm trying to do the best...
...With his long, righthanded swing, Rocky Colavito is the power man behind the Indians, a long-ball hitter in the tradition of Ruth and Foxx and DiMaggio, a player who can hold the crowd enthralled because every time he goes to bat he sets the scene for baseball's most dramatic moment: the home...
...Washington's Harmon ("The Killer") Killebrew, hit two home runs to boost his figure to 34, just two short of Killebrew's total. It hardly mattered that Rocky's batting average at week's end was only .272. He was paid for the long ball and he was delivering...
Whatever his record this year, the best seems yet to come for Rocky. His happy combination of mental zeal and physical weal long ago caught the approving eye of Boston's great Ted Williams, who has tried to get the young muscleman to curb his passion for bashing the ball-any ball -and to wait for a good pitch. Says Williams: "Some day Rocky is going to take the league apart...
...gets on base. He leads the majors with stolen bases (36), gets such a jump on the pitcher in his first few pumping strides that Manager Al Lopez generally leaves it to him to go whenever he sees the chance. "I don't worry about hitting the long ball/' says Aparicio, "just about getting to first. After that, I know I am going to steal...