Word: platee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rest of the starting unit should include Dick Diehl behind the plate, Terry Bartolet at second, Tom Bilodeau at short, Lee Sargent in the hot corner, and Gavin Gilmor in center...
Probably Inevitable. By mating, the two German companies can offer a complementary product line: Thyssen (pronounced Tiss-en) makes mostly sheets and beams; the strength of Phoenix is in tubes and heavy plate. Merger was probably inevitable anyway: despite the postwar decartelization attempts of the Western Allies, the majority ownership of both companies still rests with the descendants of August Thyssen, who was Germany's Andrew Carnegie...
...when it went into production of its tough new Delrin plastic-a breakthrough it considers as important as nylon-hardly two years passed before competing Celanese Corp. hit the market with an almost identical plastic developed by its own chemists. U.S. Steel recently developed a new, economical "thin tin" plate-only to find other steel companies out in six months with a thin tin that customers liked better because it gleamed brighter; Big Steel is now copying some of its competitors' gleam-making methods. Sunbeam's new electric skillet was imitated so widely that the market was saturated...
...replace tiny Mike Drummey, who led the Eastern League with an active .471 bat. Several boys are in the running, but lee Sargeant seems to be leading the race for the job. Sargeant has a powerful cross-diamond throw, and could develop into a steady single producer at the plate...
Possible power, if not a high batting average could come from first base where former JV Players Jim Mullen and Tom Stephenson are currently batting for position. Both are very much alike in plate style, and both are capable of long-distance hits. Whether they can clutch hit as regularly as departed first sucker Phil Bernstein is a big question...