Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fifth Game rang to the sound of Dodger bats. In the second inning little Sandy Amoros homered with one on; Snider hit homers in the third and fifth-his eighth and ninth in series play. Still Casey Stengel stuck with his starting pitcher. Bob Grim. In the seventh, the Yanks began to rough up Dodger Rookie Roger Craig; Pinch Hitter Bob Cerv reached him for a home run and Dodger Manager Alston brought in Clem Labine. Casey countered with Bob Turley and Berra contributed a home run. It was not enough. The Dodgers scored once more in the eighth...
...While the World Series wound up the baseball season, some players whose teams did not make the grade quietly slipped into the record book. Cleveland Pitcher Herb Score and St. Louis Outfielder Bill Virdon were named Rookies of the Year. The National League batting title went to the Phillies' Outfielder Richie Ashburn who hit .338. The American League winner: Detroit Outfielder Al Kaline...
Hammering young Dodger pitcher Karl Spooner out of the box with five runs in the first innings, the Bronx Bombers were never in trouble...
...with it, good hitters murder him. He holds his team record for throwing home-run balls (35 this season). Right-hander Carl Erskine has been off form all year; Billy Loes and Johnny Podres are just too erratic to be counted on. Clem Labine, right-handed relief artist, the pitcher who did most to keep the Dodgers in front, will be a busy man in the bullpen. On the brighter side, Don Bessent, called up from St. Paul in midseason, has the speed and control to become rookie sensation of the series...
...dangerous and daring base runner, a deadly batter when working the hit-and -run. Teaming up with him at third, Jackie Robinson also makes up in hotheaded drive what he has lost in speed. He is still an excellent glove man, and once on base, can still give a pitcher the fits. At bat, he likes to stay back in the box and step into an outside pitch. Pitchers who can keep the ball high and across the hands can force him to bobble it off the handle...