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...quiet competitor. But men who tried to take advantage of him learned a hard lesson. In a game against the high-riding Baltimore Orioles, famed as the roughest of them all, Honus was done out of a triple when the first baseman hit him with his hip, the shortstop forced him to circle wide around second and John McGraw on third had time to tag him in the teeth with the ball. "Are you going to take that?" snarled Honus' manager, Fred Clarke. Honus bided his time, hit another triple, ran right over the first baseman, scared the shortstop...
...favorites; naming an all-star team* is one sure way to start an argument. Should Collins be put ahead of Lajoie at second? Was Gehrig better than Sisler on first? Only at one position is there no competition. The tallest tales oldtimers tell ring true when they talk about Shortstop John Peter Wagner...
Honus played every position but catcher, and played them all well. In 1897, he moved up to the Louisville Colonels; later he switched to the Pittsburgh Pirates where he settled down at shortstop...
During one of the tensest World Series' finishes ever played, Johnny Podres made his prediction stand up. Brooklyn's Catcher Roy Campanella, First Baseman Gil Hodges and Shortstop Pee Wee Reese bunched scarce base hits to score single runs in the fourth and sixth innings. The Yankees came clawing back every time, getting men on the bases and bringing the potential tying or winning run to the plate. Once the Dodgers were saved by a brilliant running catch by Left Fielder Sandy Amoros. But their best defense was Podres' zipping fast ball, carefully assorted with well-disciplined...
Captain Pee Wee Reese is the great shortstop that a pennant-winning club usually depends on. He is also a dangerous and daring base runner, a deadly batter when working the hit-and -run. Teaming up with him at third, Jackie Robinson also makes up in hotheaded drive what he has lost in speed. He is still an excellent glove man, and once on base, can still give a pitcher the fits. At bat, he likes to stay back in the box and step into an outside pitch. Pitchers who can keep the ball high and across the hands...