Word: redleg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ninth inning of a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Temple, Cincinnati Redleg second baseman, let a hot grounder sizzle through his legs, looked up to see the Scoreboard flash "error." and began a slow burn. After the Redlegs lost in the 11th, 3-2. Temple spotted the official scorer, Sportswriter Earl Lawson, in the clubhouse. "What was I supposed to do with that ball?" snapped Temple. "Shove it in my ear?" Said Lawson: "Grow up, John." Temple started swinging. The brief fracas cost Lawson one black eye. Temple a temper-cooling $100 fine...
Last week, in the sleeveless flannels of a Cincinnati Redleg, Donald Albert Hoak, 29, was the man whom opposing National League pitchers wished most they could knock down. He was near the top of the National League with a .358 batting average, running the bases with happy belligerence, and defending third base with almost errorless skill. Cincinnati has seen nothing like him since Third Baseman Billy Werber drifted in from the American League in 1939 and fired the Reds to two pennants...
...credit for his current success, says Hoak, belongs to one man: Redleg Manager Birdie Tebbetts. Like everyone else who has seen Don play since he left the sandlots of Roulette, Pa., Birdie recognizes the signs of greatness. But unlike Don's earlier managers, Birdie knows how to help his man use all his talent all the time. "The big thing about Birdie," says Third Baseman Hoak, "is that he won't let his ballplayers build up pressure. Besides changing my stance at the plate, he cut down my swing and has me moving around more in the batter...
...Running from second to third, Don fielded a sure double-play grounder, was called out for interference, but prevented the Milwaukee Braves from getting another out by forcing the Redleg running from first to second. Now-such interference automatically costs the team at bat two outs...
...National League, St. Louis downed first-place Cincinnati 9 to 6, thus reducing the Redleg's margin to two games...