Word: outfielder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When Jackson left the second game after the second inning with a strained calf muscle, Piniella replaced him in the outfield for a time and batted well in the clutch. Lou undercut a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning that pretty much put an end to all the talk about Billyball...
Bernstein explains why she took the shortstop position. "I can't play first base, the usual lefty position, because of my height, and I can't throw far or well--only fast--so I decided to play shortstop. Besides, I'm too hyper for the outfield and I'm not a preppie"--gently ribbing her friend and co-captain Betty Ippolito who along with the other outfielders went to private school...
...become the home of the spitball. Fowler insists that he merely teaches his charges to throw the "dry spitter," a sinker that behaves just like the genuine article. Whatever it is, the A's pitchers do not yield threatening clouts very often. When they do, the fleetest outfield in baseball (and one of the heaviest-hitting) goes to work. Leftfielder Rickey Henderson (.348, 19 runs scored and ten steals), Centerfielder Dwayne Murphy (.280, 20 RBIs) and Rightfielder Tony Armas (.353, 6 HRs, 20 RBIs) are so fast, says California Angels Special Scout Bill Rigney, that "they're almost...
...lone run. And Harvard's other big bat. Vinnie Martelli's, managed just an RBI double in four at bats, although Northeastern's centerfielder. Mark Ferullo, robbed him of a probable inside-the-park homer, by snagging that smash on one hop with a dive on the Astroturf outfield...
...outfield, with Leftfielder Rickey Henderson (a .303 hitter in 1980), Centerfielder Dwayne Murphy and Rightfielder Tony Armas, is considered the finest young group in the game. Oakland's youthful pitchers led the majors in complete games last year, and Norris (22 wins and nine losses) was runner-up in the Cy Young balloting. If the inventor of Billyball seems outwardly mellow, he has lost none of his fiery will to win. Says Martin: "Everybody tells you, 'Be a good loser.' If that's the case, why do they keep score?" -By B.J. Phillips