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...moved up to Jacksonville and led the Sally League in everything but hot-dog sales. He was named the league's most valuable player, and he also committed more errors than any other second baseman. It was then that the Braves decided to put him in the outfield. The first black to play in the Sally League, Aaron could not eat or stay in the same hotels with the white players; he had to find lodgings in black homes. Aaron got a lot of verbal abuse during games,"recalls one of his former Jacksonville teammates, "but I never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Henry Aaron's Golden Autumn | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...stolen 28 bases. And after trying 42 aspirants at third base over the past 15 years, Alston seems to have finally found a winner in Ron Cey, a stocky, sure-gloved fielder who has driven in 55 runs. Along with Shortstop Bill Russell, a third-year converted outfielder who has finally shaken a case of the fumbles that plagued him in 1972, Lopes and Cey have helped plug the Dodgers' once woefully porous infield. Leading the way in the outfield are the sharp-hitting veterans Manny Mota (.346), Willie Crawford (.308) and Willie Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boss of the Babes | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

Dave St. Pierre was the only outfielder from Harvard on the all-star team. St. Pierre joined two men from Northeastern in the outfield. Tom Rezzuti and Dave Modugno, both of whom were leaders in the powerful Northeastern hitting attack that saw six men from their ranks average over .300 in GBL play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batmen Place Five On the 1973 GBL All League Squad | 5/25/1973 | See Source »

Four Crimson runs came across in the third on RBI singles by Ric LaCivita and Weissant and a two-run triple by Rich Bridich. Bridich's hit should have been a home run, but it hit one of the trees that lines the edge of Dartmouth's outfield and was ruled in play, off the wall, so to speak...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Takes Doubleheader | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

Captain Kevin Hampe, who has hit well in key situations, and the power duo--St. Pierre and Smith--will roam the outfield for the Crimson...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Crimson Nine Favored to Win Today Against Experienced Bulldog Batsmen | 4/20/1973 | See Source »

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