Word: shortstopped
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...baseball's pantheon, John Peter ("Honus") Wagner, the bowlegged shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17), is a superstar's superstar. He was eight times National League batting champion, and among the first to be elected to the Hall of Fame. As a shortstop, he was unparalleled; as a hitter, formidable; and as a coach, respected. Yet today a growing number of savvy professionals value Wagner for an entirely different reason-the rarity of the 1910 baseball cards bearing his phiz...
...proved to test the Crimson as to just how far they had come back in a year. In 1976 the Harvard team had lost to Holy Cross by a gridiron margin of 21-4. This year, however, the Crusaders, even with the addition of basketball phenom Ronnie Perry at shortstop, did not find the going as easy. Perry made three errors at short and Holy Cross was held to only a field goal in a 9-3 Harvard win. A day later MIT was derailed for the second time...
...Mets' switchboards were jammed by irate callers protesting the trade. The 8,915 fans who turned out for the first Seaver-less game in Shea came primarily to display their disgust through caustic banners. Shortstop Bud Harrelson, the star pitcher's close friend, found a much-coveted radio waiting in his locker after a tearful flight back from Atlanta. Said Harrelson: "That radio of his has been in the clubhouse since the beginning of time. I couldn't take it home because it's like part of the ballpark itself. That part of him is still...
...Diabalos from Cal State-Los Angeles did not win the tournament, but they did manage to steal the show through most of the early rounds. This bizarre collection of ballplayers, ranging from the smiling Javier Fierro, an overweight shortstop with a magical glove, to the sensational Darrell Brown, an All-American centerfielder with the ego of Ali and a similar knack for poetry (this on his arm--"If you run, you're done."), delighted the crowds with his fresh approach to the game and its wacky brand of success...
...Crimson replied in the bottom of that inning. An error by the shortstop landed leadoff batter Tom Joyce on first. Pearce sacrificed Joyce to second and then Steve Joyce whacked a triple, evening up the tally...