Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Year." Born in South Amboy, N.J., the O'Briens decided to go to Seattle in the summer of 1949, when they met Coach Al Brightman, who doubles as Seattle's baseball coach. Scouting a semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita, Kans., Brightman was taken with hard-hitting Shortstop Johnny (last year's average: .433) and Outfielder Ed (.431) of the South Amboy team.* When Brightman heard that the twins were also good basketball players, he made them a scholarship offer (free tuition and $75 a month for living expenses...
...painting of himself pouring a pitch toward the plate during a night game, pressed him for an opinion. Pitcher Roberts explained that this was the first time he had ever been "within half a mile" of an art show, but he wanted to know: "What's my shortstop doing out of position, and looking towards the Scoreboard instead of the plate?" Painter Meehan will be more careful next season. Also, he wants to spend some time on another favorite sport: basketball...
Died. Fred Tenney, 80, first baseman for the Boston Braves and New York Giants and manager (1905-07 and 1911) of the Braves, who originated the "3-6-3" double play (first base to shortstop to first) in a game against the Cincinnati club in 1897; in Boston. One of the great fielding first basemen of his day, Tenney led the National League in assists for eight years, an alltime record...
...amazement, Righthander Necciai smacked strike after strike into the catcher's glove. Some batters went down with their bats on their shoulders; others, swinging wildly, hit nothing but air. One batter did manage to nick the ball enough for an easy roller, and was thrown out by the shortstop. By the end of the eighth inning only three batters had reached first-one on a base on balls, one hit by a pitched ball, the third on an error. In the meantime, Necciai had struck out every other batter...
...Crimson lineup will remain the same as it appeared in Thursday's game with Tufts, with the probable exception of the shortstop position. There Walt Greeley took over for Ed Krinsky, but sophomore Krinsky may be back in his usual spot. Coach Stuffy McInnis will probably keep first baseman Al Switzer on the bench, even though Switzer's pinch-hit double broke up the Tufts game. It's unfortunate for Switzer that the team's leading batter, Russ Johnson now occupies the first base spot...