Word: rbis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reds v. Pirates promises to be an artillery Shootout. Cincinnati will roll out Siege Guns Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, each of whom has pounded home more than 100 runs this season. Even Lead-Off Batter Pete Rose, who once again delivered more than 200 hits, added some 70 RBIS to the Big Red barrage. Cincinnati's not-so-secret weapon is Second Baseman Joe Morgan. He leads the team with a .323 batting average, and has filched more than 60 bases to boot...
...Pirates pack more power. They top the league in walloping balls over outfield walls. Slugger Willie Stargell is still on hand, but his heir apparent already looms large in the person of Dave Parker; the 6-ft. 5-in., 225-lb. crusher paces the team in home runs and RBis. The players often on base when Stargell and Parker come to bat are Manny Sanguillen and Rennie Stennett. Sanguillen tends to swing at everything-and rarely misses. Stennett tied a major league record recently with seven straight hits in the 22-0 demolition of the Chicago Cubs...
...latest innovation for the national pastime?Day-Glo orange baseballs. Pitcher Vida Blue, still seething with the memory of past salary battles, flicked his orange ball into his locker with contempt. Slugger Reggie Jackson asked Finley only half facetiously if his recent hitting streak (eight home runs, 21 RBIS and a .388 average in 17 games) was worth a raise. "You've got to hit consistently," shot back Finley, "not periodically...
Fred Lynn captures peoples' imagination in a way that makes history before it happens. Lynn, a rookie centerfielder fresh up from a quick but unbrilliant career with Pawtucket, is having a sensational, sensational year. He is leading the league in RBIs and leading the majors in run production--RBIs plus runs, minus the homers, which are duplicates. He is fourth in homers and number two in batting average, behind Rod Carew--which is like running second to Hermes. He handles centerfield like a fish in water and he runs the bases like a pro. In late June he knocked...
...fiddle to Lynn's Babe Ruth. Winner of the minor league Triple Crown last year with Pawtucket he was expected to be the real star, and in a Lynnless summer he would have been. As it stands, he's hitting almost ...300, and is third in the league in RBIs. Beginning the season as a designated hitter, he's recently moved to left field and has been fielding well...