Word: shortstopped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bulldogs have a smooth infield, especially around second base, where shortstop Eddie Smith and Captain Chris Emerson form a well-balanced double-play combination about equal to the Crimson keystone pair, Walt Greeley and John Canepa...
With one out and two men on in the top of the tenth, shortstop Johnny White of the Crimson caught hold of a fast ball and poled a tremendous homer to dead center field for the winning three runs. A half inning earlier, the Engineers had pushed across two runs after two were out to overcome a 4 to 2 deficit and tie the score...
Foynes' single, his stolen base, and an error by shortstop Ronnie Thompson enabled Webb to take a 3 to 2 lead in the eighth, and victory seemed sure when a one-base hit by Crosby, another stolen base, and a soft single to left by Myles Huntington netted a fourth run in the ninth...
...Mexican press took a fine, impartial stand, applauding the government's expulsion order, but deploring the loss of a good shortstop. La Prensa's sport editor philosophically pointed out that, after all, everyone knows that Mexican umpires walk out on the field with "Jesús en la boca" (i.e., with a prayer on their lips...
...Will Prior his fourth straight single in the first half of the inning and Prior scored on a pinch hit single by John Emery. With the game tied, one out and two men on base, Emmons entered the ball game and issued two straight walks. The second walk, to shortstop Jim Fairfield, forced in the winning...