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...shortstop and catcher, Don Buddin and Sammy White should come around after off-years in 1958 to give the Sox strength at these positions, and the addition of Vic Wertz at first will complete a dangerous infield lineup. In the remaining outfield position between Williams and Jensen, manager Mike Higgins will have the pleasant task of choosing between Gary Geiger, whose spring record was outstanding, Gene Stephens, who needs only a regular job to prove himself one of the most capable outfielders in the league, and another promising younger player, Marty Keough...
...outfield manager Al Lopez must count on Al Smith and a few promising rookies, while at first and third old Ray Boone and workman Billy Goodman will probably start. Unless the mound staff is positively brilliant, the White Sox will not quite make...
...Indians' infield consists of Vic Power, but in the outfield, perhaps Cleveland's strongest spot, Minoso, Piersall and Colavito provide the main first-division hope...
...three leading candidates for the outfield are Mo Balboni, Charlie Ravenel, and Doug Brown; but Shepard admitted that the situation there is still far from clear. This left only pitching, the most uncertain part of the pre-season prognosis--"and the most crucial," as Shepard said with some emphasis. Through the whole of the afternoon he had paraded one man after another to the Briggs Cage mound, as part of an almost desperate search to uncover some new pitching talent. So far, apparently, the search has not turned up any new Bob Fellers...
...Boston Red Sox (1907-15) and Cleveland Indians (1916-26); of a heart attack; at Lake Whitney, Texas. When alltime baseball teams are named, centerfield automatically belongs to Tris Speaker, not so much for his .345-caliber hitting as for his matchless fielding. Figuring that 98% of outfield hits fall in front of fielders, Speaker took advantage of his speed, played in so close that he almost breathed down the second baseman's neck. He watched the batter's feet, knew where the ball would go, was off at the crack of the bat. When the fly dropped...