Word: schoendienst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Milwaukee fans could spot the man and the moment when they began to have that sinking feeling. Man and moment came together in the fifth game, with the Braves basking in the 3-1 series lead. Switch-Hitter Red Schoendienst lined a drive toward left. Elston Howard took off with the crack of the bat, ran straight into the murderous glare that makes left field at Yankee Stadium the toughest sun field in the major leagues. Diving to his knees, Howard sprawled forward, stuck out his gloved hand, and came up with the ball that had looked like a sure...
...Schoendienst set up the Braves' first score in the sixth with a booming triple to center and scored when Johnny Logan's grounder went through Tony Kubek's legs for an error...
Billy Bruton opened the Braves' half of the first with a 375-foot homer into the right field bleachers. Red Schoendienst then bounced a double past Bauer to the right field fence. After Turley managed to send a third strike past Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron worked him for a walk, and Wes Covington singled to center, scoring Schoendienst...
Again in the ninth Spahn tried to start his own rally with a single to right. He got as far as second when Duren walked Red Schoendienst but both were left when pinch hitter Frank Torre and Eddie Mathews failed...
...past, the Braves worried about the immediate future. A World Series against the World Champion Yankees was certain to be an uphill fight for the Braves. There was always a chance that Aaron's bat (TIME, July 29) might fail to work its familiar miracles. Second Baseman Red Schoendienst, the old pro who had carried them through the stretch (TIME, Sept. 2), could be counted on for a steady series, and most of Manager Fred Haney's other regulars were providentially free of injuries. But the bulk of the Braves' pitching staff are fireballers, and the Yankees...