Word: mel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last of the fourteenth, shortstop Closky reached first when his grounder was thrown wide of first base. Bill Ayres, who had taken over Jim Fava's first base post in the twelfth, also rolled to the infield but reached first on a fielder's choice. As backstop Mel Lackey went down on strikes for the second out, Ayres pilfered second, placing himself in scoring position...
...other hand, Mel Ott, whose Giants banged their way into the National League lead, was feeling no pain. Every time he hit a home run, drove in a run (three so far), drew a walk (eleven in seven games), or did most anything, he broke his own league record. The Yankees' five-game spurt which made them the team to beat in the American League-despite the Chicago White Sox's five straight wins-did not even raise a smile on Joe McCarthy's square jaw. Said poker-faced Joe: "My team's better than last...
...second inning, the visitors, already behind 3 to 0, pushed across their first run. Left fielder Mel Allen opened the inning by singling to short, and advanced to second on the shortstop's boot...
After Quonset punched in two more counters in their half of the inning, the Stahlmen came back in the top of the third with their second tally. After Mel Lackey had grounded to second, forcing Jim Fava who had walked, Jack Forte belted a double to left, driving home the catcher. With two out and Forte on third by virtue of a passed ball, John Coppinger walked and stole second, but the inning ended as Allen rolled out. It was not until the ninth inning with the score already 15 to 2, that Harvard combined two singles and a walk...
...always turn up with good pitching. They still have 34-year-old Pitcher Bucky Walters and the league's top first baseman, Frank McCormick. The four Eastern clubs, which formed a solid second-division block in 1944, are filled with long ifs and forlorn buts. If Manager Mel Ott's aging legs hold out, if they get one pitcher to help 21-game winner Bill Voiselle, the New York Giants might climb upstairs. The Philadelphia Phils must struggle along without their one power-hitter, Ron Northey; the Boston Braves can only hope that some of their 21 rookies...