Word: outfielders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turned down by the late, great John McGraw because he was "too awk ward." But, like Gehrig, Greenberg was industrious, persevering, went on to be come one of the best first basemen in the game. After seven years at first base, Greenberg ungrudgingly agreed to shift to the outfield last year "for the good of the team" - to make room in the daily lineup for alternate Catcher Rudy York, a mighty batter. Greenberg's metamorphosis from star first baseman to star outfielder within six months was one of the outstanding baseball feats...
They will also have a good man on first, Bill Tully, who has until now been hitting hard, and straight into the hands of an opposing fielder, but is now lamming the grapefruit away from the eager mitts of the enemy. The outfield made up of Lou Clay, Ed Buckley, and Bill Parsons, is not as fast as last year's--they miss Torby MacDonald's speeding legs in center field--but they are fair...
Parsons, regularly second-string backstop artist, will take over Hausserman's outfield duties, probably moving to right. As a result Ed Buckley, who has accounted for two of the team's five hits in the last three games, will move over into the center fairway. Barnes will probably share the left field plot with Lou Clay...
...long and hard when he connects, is at present holding the lead-off post in the batting order. Al Everts is batting for .381, and is the most improved member of the team. His tennis experience has given him a good eye for the ball. Heath played in the outfield at school, but handles his first-base job fairly well, although he lacks vital game experience...
...outfield is fairly strong, with Paul Quinn in left, "Fitz" Fitzgibbons in center, and hockey captain A1 Reeves in right. Quinn is not only a steady fielder and a .348 hitter, but a fair catcher and pitcher as well, and may possibly see service at both ends of the battery before the season winds...