Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dave Sisler, former Princeton baseball star pitcher, has been signed by the Boston Red Sox for an unannounced...
First Game. Joe Black (15-4), Brooklyn's 28-year-old Negro rookie relief pitcher, made the third major-league start of his career, facing Yankee Ace Allie Reynolds (20-8). Strong-armed Pitcher Black worked carefully and gave up only six hits; Reynolds gave no more. But Jackie Robinson, "Pee Wee" Reese and Snider belted homers that beat the Yanks...
Fifth Game. In the fifth, Snider hit his second homer, scoring two teammates. The Yankees fired back with five runs; three of them rode in on Mize's third home run in three days. Manager Charley Dressen let Pitcher Carl Erskine stay in, and he pitched no-hit ball the rest of the way. In the eleventh, Hero Snider sliced a double that won for the Dodgers...
Sixth Game. After five scoreless innings, Snider again put Brooklyn ahead with a homer. Later Pitcher Raschi got a single that went far toward winning his own game, scoring Woodling. Mickey Mantle got into the home run party to make it 3-1 for the Yanks. Once again carrying his team, Duke Snider drove another ball over the fence, but there the rally died. The Yankees, winning 3-2, had seesawed back into the Series...
Statistically, the Dodgers looked less formidable this year than last. Campanella, Hodges, Furillo, Reese and Cox all finished with lower batting averages than in 1951. Home-run production dropped from 184 to 153, and ace Pitcher Don Newcombe was drafted. But the Dodgers had an exceedingly valuable newcomer: Relief Pitcher Joe Black (15-4), Negro recruit to organized baseball who propped up a shaky pitching staff, was voted "National League Rookie of the Year" (TIME, Sept...