Word: rightfielder
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...surly,' says Roger Eugene Maris, 'and I'm going to stay that way. Everything in life is tough.' But last week, as he has all season, Yankee Outfielder Maris knew just where to direct his sullen anger: at a baseball ... Maris sent a whistling drive soaring high into the rightfield seats. It was his 59th homer in 154 games; he had come within one heart-stopping wallop of tying baseball's most dramatic and cherished record: the 60 home runs hit by George Herman Ruth in 1927 (seven years before Maris was born). Nothing in recent baseball history has aroused...
...Veeck bought the minor league Milwaukee Brewers. He put on morning games for night workers, staged pig races and handed out outlandish door prizes, including a swaybacked horse. He installed a chicken-wire screen above the rightfield fence to turn opponent home runs into singles, then rolled it out of the way when the home team came up. The practice was banned after one day. In Cleveland he offered nursery care during games and staged a night honoring a fan who had written to ask why ballplayers always get the free cars and prizes. When the Indians started...
...freshman delivered a sacrifice fly to rightfield, sending Hale across the plate and putting the Crimson...
Whitton took a walk and created another first and third situation, but this time it was Koppel who stepped up to the plate. Koppel drove a single out to rightfield that scored pinch runner Stefanchik and advanced Whitton to third...
...Green needed a rally and got one, as Dartmouth first baseman Kisa Brannen swung away on the first pitch of Guy and powered the ball over the rightfield fence and narrowed Harvard’s lead...