Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stengel took over the New York Yankees- and the clown became the "Old Perfesser." In twelve years he won ten American League pennants (a record) and seven World Series (another record). Critics insisted that anybody could win with the Yankees. But was that it? "I was just a kid shortstop, 19 years old," says Mickey Mantle, "and Stengel made me into an outfielder in a month." When Billy Martin reported to the Yankees in 1950, his main claim to fame was that he had led the Pacific Coast League in errors by a second baseman. In 1953 Martin...
...into extra innings it went. "The same thing is going to happen again," moaned Maloney. In the top of the tenth, Cincinnati Shortstop Leo Cardenas finally hit a home run, to make it 1-0. Then the Cubs came to bat. Jim walked the first man he faced. Then he bore down. Billy Williams flied out, Ernie Banks bounced into a double play, and whooping, dancing Reds mobbed their hero on the mound. "Now that I've finally won one of these," said Maloney, "I'm confident I can do it again...
...American League batting champion (.323) and Rookie of the Year. Though his average is down to .295 this season, Oliva is making more key hits, leads the league in doubles (26). He is second only to another Twin in the number of runs scored; Oliva has 60, Shortstop Ziolio Versalles...
There are other things, too, in the Dodgers' grand design-little things like a single, a stolen base, a sacrifice at just the right time. Shortstop Maury Wills at 32 is still the best base runner in the business: by last week, he had stolen 44 bases in 71 games-14 games ahead of his pace three years ago, when he broke Ty Cobb's 47-year-old big-league record by stealing 104 bases. Sighs Mets Manager Casey Stengel: "Those Dodgers are a running club. They hit and run. They run and hit. They bunt. They steal...
...Shortstop Tom Bilodeau, a three-year letterman for coach Norman Shepard's Crimson teams, was named to the second team behind Columbia's Archie Roberts, who hit .400 in league play. Bilodeau...