Word: shortstop
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...this season he has beaten out 32 infield hits. He is also learning to apply his speed to his slightly uncertain fielding. In a game against the New York Mets-which Garr won in the 12th inning by uncharacteristically blasting an opposite-field home run-he robbed Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson of a sure triple with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch at full gallop. "They say a man can't outrun a baseball," groaned Harrelson, "but Ralph Garr...
...Shortstop Jesse Banda followed with another double to score McNurlen, then Brayton pitched himself...
...pain he felt at being the only one in his class who had lost a parent. His earliest playmates were girls, and he never learned games boys play. "When we moved to Lincoln," he says, "I remember going out at recess to play baseball. They told me to play shortstop, and I thought they said 'shortstock.' It was awful...
...Lions began the season with 13 sophomores and a pitching rotation with a 5.97 ERA. After dropping nine of its first ten games, Columbia called on its shortstop Frank Gordon, its first baseman Bill Abner, and its second baseman Ray Nawrocki, and found the Lions had stronger arms in the infield than on the mound...
Sophomore Tony Herdemain has made several flashy pick-ups at shortstop, although he has blown seven throws to first. And if you prefer cameo performances. Tony Kubek's cousin, Joe, will be in the Springfield bullpen...