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Lute Aparicio has played more baseball games at shortstop than any other human being extant or otherwise. The number of steps he has run on a major league diamond is beyond compilation, if not beyond belief. On Monday night in Detroit he took the step that will be remembered more than any of the other countless millions for after two decades of brilliant fielding, masterful base running and nearly 2,500 career hits. Lattle Luts, the Veaezuelan wonder, fell down...
...batting strength in such World Series holdovers as Tommie Agee and Cleon Jones. "With the strong bench I have now," says Manager Yogi Berra, "I can rest one guy and still not lose any effectiveness. I remember one game where we had Mays, Agee, Jones, [Catcher Jerry] Grote and [Shortstop Bud] Harrelson on the bench, and we still...
...Some people play third base. Some people play shortstop. I play the Star Spangled Banner. I play it for three professional teams...
...Dick Williams. First base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field, center field, right field and catcher...
Thomas feels that this is an especially important skill for anyone batting in the middle of the line-up. "When you bat third, fourth or fifth the pitchers throw a lot more curves, and when I try to pull them I almost always ground out to the shortstop," he said...