Word: shortstopped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...softball, the Hutchsters were never headed as they topped the Commuters, 3 to 2. behind the flawless pitching of Lew Chizer. Shortstop Dick Myers was tops at the plate, hitting four for four...
...result, the battle continues between Russ Johnson and Al Switser at first; John Canepa, Paul Crowley, and Hank Young at second; Walt Greeley, Ed Krinsky, and Charlie Cobot at shortstop; and Tim Wise, Bill Hickey, and Young at third. Ray Maesake, another third base prospect, has been temporarily sidelined with a sprained ankle...
...best shortstop in baseball [Phil Rizzuto, Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1950] ... I got the best catcher [Yogi Berra, 1951 M.V.P.], and I got two others to back him up [Ralph Houk and Charlie Silvera]. If he [Berra] wasn't such a good hitter, I'd play the others more. They can catch as good...
...modest about his chances of making the grade in U.S. baseball: "I don't know if I would accept an offer, because I know I wouldn't get one." He will be happy "just to learn," then go back to Amsterdam, where his brother Charles, an O.V.V.O. shortstop, vill take care of a good percentage of the batters that Hannie does not strike out. Charles is O.V.V.O.'s relief pitcher, but the title is strictly honorary. In 150 games over eight years, Hannie has never yet been relieved...
...opening class of the American Baseball Academy in Manhattan's 212th A.A.A. Armory, Yankee Shortstop Phil...