Word: outfielder
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...hung on, scouted for rookies, traded shrewdly for established stars. Neatly garbed in a business suit, he was a part of every ball game in Shibe Park. The A's might lose, but it was worth the price of admission to watch Mr. Mack wigwagging signals to his outfield with a rolled-up score card, a bath towel around his thin neck, his famous straw hat hanging near...
...Baseball team we wish a full-size outfield fence, filled, of course, with loud advertisements to make a real Big League effect. As long as our wishes are coming true, these ads will more than pay for everything ole Nick is going to bring...
...wore loud ties with his baseball uni form and he insisted on practicing sliding while he trotted to his position in the outfield. "There was a lunatic asylum across from the centerfield fence," he remembers happily. "Them guys in the loony bin always cheered when they saw me slide. But my manager used to tap his forehead and point at the asylum and say, 'It's only a matter of time. Stengel...
...book. Casey's spectacular hunches will have them shooting for a big inning at the first break. Batters expected to sacrifice are likely to bluff a bunt to muss up the infield and then hit away; runners will gamble and go for extra bases. Infield and outfield alike are capable of making the game-saving catch, the impossible double play that rescues a faltering pitcher...
...outfield, the Dodgers are solid. Carl Furillo has one of the strongest throwing arms in the majors. Only fast or foolhardy men will try to run on him when he gets a jump on the ball. Duke Snider in center can go get the tough ones. At the plate he takes a harder cut than either Campy or the Yankees' Yogi Berra, and he can hit the ball wherever it is pitched. Even a high outside ball, if Duke can reach it, will wind up in the leftfield stands. Junior Silliam, who broke in as Brooklyn's second...