Word: redleg
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...Redlegs spent two seasons learning to make the inches work for them, then last year inched their way to within two games of the pennant (and the Dodgers). Cincinnati fans recognized the new spirit early in the season, and it was catching. Operating with gay abandon, the fans stuffed ballot boxes so enthusiastically that when the All-Star game was held in July, five of the National League starters wore Redleg uniforms...
...after another, all the Redlegs lavish praise on Birdie. They know what he means when he says: "There ought to be a second-string or junior Hall of Fame for guys like me. I'll read about some superstar who has had a bad season and the writers apologize when they say, 'He only hit .311 that year.' Listen, I had a lifetime average of .270 and I'm proud of it. I poured my life's blood into it. I clawed and scrambled and fought and hustled to get it." Thanks to Birdie...
Even the most passionate Redleg fans know that winning the games that count in the season's statistics will take a lot more than cheers and votes, especially in this year's National League...
...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...
...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...