Word: short-stop
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...found anything resembling control. With one run in and the bases still loaded, the tall Kentuckian finally looked as if he had found some of his stuff. He got, M.I.T.'s Jim Cole to hit an easy double-play grounder. Second baseman Phil Smith took the throw from short-stop Jeff Grate for the first out, but threw the ball far over first baseman Joe Ignaclo's head. Two runs scored on the error and the M.I.T. lead was to prove insurmountable...
...humiliation at Fenway Park, Tiger shortstop Ray Oyler struck in vain at a Sparky Lyle slant. It was his third such failure, so Sox catcher Elston Howard whipped the ball in the general direction of Dalton Jones and third base, as custom dictates. Unfortunately, Jones was busy in the short-stop hole, retrieving the bat which had flown from the fanning Oyler's hands. Howard's throw flew unchallenged into Carl Yastrzemski's pasture where it died on the soggy grass. Yaz started in, stopped, wagged his head both in shame and disgust, and elected to ignore the ball...
...badly in 1968. Long suffering Don Drysdale will get pitching support from Claude Osteen and Tom Singer and it's possible that ex-Twin Mudcat Grant will help out both as a starter and a reliever. If another former Twin, Zoilo Versalles can fill the year-old short-stop gap, then the Dodgers may surprise...
...infield looks fairly well set with Ignacio, Dick Manchester, Jeff Grate and Bill Cobb. Manchester, at second, will provide the team with one of the best gloves in the league even though he lacks power at the plate. Grate, at short-stop, is also a good fielder and has a bat to match. At third, Bill Cobb has a .308 batting average and a strong...
Currently he is looking for a short-stop. The chief candidate for the position. Paul Thorton, is unfortunately one of the strongest pitching candidates, and Harris is wary to use him in both spots...