Word: pickoff
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Then, Army really swung into action. Bilodeau took a long lead at first, and the cleaver Cadet hurler fired his pickoff peg to first. The Cadets had Bilodeau trapped in a rundown. Happily, they for-got about Gilmor at third, who took off for the plate...
...without infielders caroming off outfielders, pitchers falling on their faces chasing bunts, or wild throws zinging off in all directions. In the last game, the butterfingered Bums booted three in one inning: Pitcher Johnny Podres grabbed a bunt and heaved the ball into centerfield, Catcher Johnny Roseboro fired a pickoff throw into the tall grass, and Second Baseman Jim Gilliam uncorked a relay to first base that hit Giant Harvey Kuenn on the back of the noggin. The three-game tally by a genially myopic official scorer: seven errors for the Dodgers, four for the Giants...
...deciding game in the Boston Garden last week, Celtic Coach Red Auerbach's carefully devised playoff plans began to fall apart. Muscleman Jim Loscutoff and Rookie Tom Heinsohn could not seem to work the double pickoff play that was meant to give Sharpshooter Bill Sharman (TIME, Dec. 31) time and space in which to sink his shots. St. Louis' stringy little veteran. Slater Martin, was sticking to Celtic Bob Cousy like an overanxious bill collector. The slickest ball-handler in the game. Cousy shook himself loose and scored from the floor only twice in 20 tries...
Repetto had fine stuff all along, mixing his pitches well and keeping the ball low. Although he walked a man in the first and another in the fifth, he faced only 18 batters over the first six innings, as a pickoff erased one runner and a double play the other...
...slide. Berra stretched for the high throw, and Irvin was across. With a roar of delight, the crowd leaped to its feet. The brash Giants had stolen home on the proud Yankees. They were ahead 2-0. In discomfiture, Berra glared wildly around the bases looking for a pickoff, and Reynolds scuffed unhappily...