Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, a remarkably chipper 37 despite 14 seasons of big-league ball. And there, walking out to the mound to hold off the challengers, was the granddaddy of the squad, Sal Maglie, a scowling, blue-bearded craftsman uncomfortably close...
...wrist by an inside fast ball, Milwaukee's First Baseman Joe Adcock, on the way to first base, fired back some opinions of the Giants' Pitcher Ruben Gomez. Righthander Gomez, who combines a fast lip with his fast ball, replied in kind, and Adcock charged toward the mound. Gomez once more put his faith in his pitcher's arm. His aim was ornery and his control was only fair-this time he hit Adcock on the thigh. But Gomez did not wait for the call; he turned tail and scuttled for the clubhouse. For a few minutes...
...Carl Hubbell's spectacular screwball, Walter Johnson's terrifying fast ball, Bobby Feller's strikeout touch. Pitch for pitch, many of his contemporaries have what the trade calls "more stuff," pitches that are harder, faster, or trickier. But better than any of them now on the mound, Robin Roberts can put the ball where he wants. There is one precious-diamond word for him-control...
...awesome shellfire. This season, after winning his first three games, he was beaten in the next three, knocked out of the box twice. Another pitcher might have wondered whether that inevitable slide down had begun. Not Roberts. One night last week, with his cool and easy motion on the mound and his reckless behavior on the base paths, he beat the league-leading Milwaukee Braves almost singlehanded, 2-1. He struck out ten men, allowed only eight hits, tore home from second on an eighth-inning infield single, slid head first into big Del Crandall at the plate, jarred...
Such hell-bent base running-something of a rarity among pampered pitchers who figure that their only work waits for them on the mound-is typical of Roberts' attitude toward baseball. He loves every minute of the game. He is a better-than-average fielder, can knock down the line drives that whistle back from the batter's box, moves fast and surely to field bunts. Despite his dainty, mincing style at the plate, he is a competent (.250) switch-hitter. "I'm happy as can be out there," he says. "I enjoy all of it-fielding...