Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York Yankees snared two young starting pitchers and a regular shortstop from Baltimore yesterday in a deal involving at least 12 players worth over $500,000--probably the biggest trade in baseball history...
...Yanks grabbed Bob Turley, league strikeout king, and Don Larsen. They also acquired Billy Hunter to take over Phil Rizzuto's shortstop...
Gene Woodling, veteran outfielder went to the Orioles with right-handed pitchers Harry Byrd and Jim McDonald, shortstop Willie Miranda and two rookie catchers...
...Alvin Dark, captain and shortstop of the world champion New York Giants, told a Sunday-school class at the Calvary Baptist Church, Yonkers. N.Y., that he plans to give 10%, or more than $1,100, of his World Series money to his home church. Trinity Baptist in Lake Charles, La. Baptist Dark began giving "10% of my earnings to God" when he was a newsboy making $2.50 a week, has tithed faithfully ever since...
...second-game crowd was still talking about Dusty's homer, when it settled back to watch the Giants play like champions. At third dour Hank Thompson made acrobatic, circus saves with astonishing skill; at shortstop Alvin Dark, a hard-looking old pro out of Louisiana State, knocked down everything that came his way. Slowly, with infuriating care, young Johnny Antonelli pitched around the thin edge of disaster. In the fifth, Pinch Hitter Rhodes sneaked a piddling blooper into short centerfield and the game was as good as over...