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...Shortstop--In July, Larry Bowa received a two-minute standing ovation for a great play he made on a Tony Perez grounder. Dave Concepcion, however, is the best all-round shortstop in the majors. A slight edge for the Reds...
...farm system that would not dry up. This meant that there were always new young men ready to play and play better than the new young men on other teams. It also meant that the Yankees could do cold-hearted things like let go of their veteran All-Star shortstop Phil Rizzuto as a surprise gesture on Old Timer's Day 1956 sure in the knowledge that Jerry Coleman, Gil McDougald or Billy Martin (each a star on his own) would fill the hole...
...Huskies padded their 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth, graced by a few more minor lapses in the Crimson defensive corps. A walk issued by Brown was followed by a single, and the run scampered home on the next play, when Harvard shortstop Halas couldn't get the ball out of his glove for the relay to first on a double-play grounder...
Bosnic, the starting shortstop, pitched a strong game in his first mound appearance. The team lost three pitchers to the varsity this season and the resulting lack of depth has been a problem. Dave Wilson is the only freshman pitcher who did not hold another position...
...Barrow was the toughest man I ever met in my life," says another former Yankee star, Shortstop Phil Rizzuto. For the "Scooter's" first big-league season, the Yankees offered $5,000. Rizzuto got an audience with Barrow to complain: "I went into his office and he was sitting there, a big burly guy wearing a sweater with holes at both elbows. He was eating a ham sandwich. He looked up and asked me what I wanted. I told him I thought I deserved more money. He stared at me, then said, 'Sign...