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...also possible, McInnis said, that Clasby will win a starting role in the outfield against left-handed pitching. A right-handed swinger, he would replace either Bob Smith or Ralph Robinson, both of whom bat from the other side of the plate...
Shifting Line-Up. As the season wore on, Durocher made a series of radical shifts, fumbling for the right combination. Outfielder Bobby Thomson, a Scottish-born introvert, was brought back into the thick of things at the third base "hot corner." His slumping batting average boomed from .226 to .289. Monte Irvin, jittery in an unfamiliar first base position, was moved to the outfield. Outfielder Whitey Lockman was switched to first. Irvin's batting average jumped 50 points, and he ended the season leading the league in runs batted...
Angels in the Outfield (MGM) answers an orphan's prayers by summoning down a heavenly host to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win the National League pennant.* Paul Douglas, as the team's profane manager, spurns this divine assistance until a thunderbolt and some pep-talks from Archangel Gabriel turn him into a true believer...
...Angels in the Outfield," the newest diamond saga, has taken over Paul Douglas from the original. Douglas, playing manager to a score of real live Pittsburgh Pirates, is a man fashioned after the great Leo Durocher. His boisterousness seems to be responsible for the position of the Pirates, eighth in the National League. Then one day an Angel makes a deal with him whereby the Pirates get a pennant if Douglas calms down...
...first weeks the Yankees were using minor league shortstop Mickey Mantle in the outfield and second baseman McDougald at third. Since then, Mantle has been sent back to the minors and McDougald has learned his new position. But the team's percentage has fallen .100 points...