Word: outfield
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
DIED. Bob Meusel, 81, strong-armed outfielder and member of the Yankees' famed "Murderers' Row"; in Downey, Calif. Former Manager Casey Stengel said he "never saw a better thrower" than Meusel, who also hit the ball pretty well (lifetime average: .309 over eleven seasons). In 1927, with Leftfielder Meusel hitting .337, Centerfielder Earle Combs .356 and Rightfielder Babe Ruth .356 plus 60 home runs, the Yankees had what many students of the game consider the best outfield in baseball history...
...days. He had lost his appetite during the season and now took pills to make himself eat. Steinbrenner was still on his mind. "I just can't be the kind of person George wants me to be," he said. "All those goddam meetings, stats, 40 laps in the outfield, discipline. Jesus Christ, discipline. He'd let Babe Ruth go for discipline...
...upper deck were a good five or six miles from the action. The field's dimensions are completely symmetrical--the distance down the right-field line matches the distance down the left-field line, right-center matches left-center, and a plain green 6-ft. high fence borders the outfield all the way around. The older parks were tailored for certain kinds of hitters--Yankee Stadium's short right field porch beckoned invitingly to left-handed pull hitters, while the seemingly limitless expanse in center field was known as "Death Valley." The Anaheim style spurns these sorts of small quirks...
...evident. The percentage of blacks in professional sports would probably be even higher were it not for the discrimination that still persists. Most athletes know all too well that in football, center, free safety and quarterback are still largely reserved for whites. In baseball, blacks are concentrated in the outfield. In basketball, some teams with largely black rosters will take on-or keep-a white player or two instead of hiring a more talented black, in an effort to maintain the interest of white crowds...
...then, you guessed it, there are two freshmen, Billy Blood and Bobby Jenkins, who both have a chance for the varsity pastures this spring. Park has also indicated the possibility of switching Halas or Stenhouse to the outfield...