Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...absolute minimum. Twelve Phillies struck out, and the only one who reached base at all was Richie Allen, who walked in the fourth inning, was thrown out trying to steal second. With the Dodgers leading 3-0 and two out in the bottom of the ninth, Sandy faced Phillies Shortstop Bobby Wine. The first pitch was a ball, and Wine fouled the second off the leg of Plate Umpire Ed Vargo. Wincing with pain, Vargo called time out-and the tension mounted. "Play ball!" he finally called. Wine whiffed at a second strike. Then, Sandy wound up, kicked his right...
...inning later the Crimson broke the tie. Del Rossi popped to short center but found himself on second base when Eli shortstop Robin Cody dropped the ball. Skip Falcone singled to left, and George Neville brought them both in with a long double to right...
Second baseman Skip Falcone got the big hit of the inning, a three run homer to left. The Crimson scattered 11 hits throughout the game. Shortstop Tom Bilodeau, pitcher Paul Del Rossi and right fielder Mike Patrick each went two for four as every Crimson player except outfielder George Neville hit safely at least once...
...Bunning away from the Detroit Tigers; by last week Bunning had already won five games. All three of the Phillies' starting outfielders came by way of trades. The farm system did the rest, producing Pitchers Art Mahaffey (3-2 this year) and Dennis Bennett (5-3), acrobatic Shortstop Bobby Wine, and the brightest new star of all, Third Baseman Richie Allen, a 22-year-old slugger who has nine homers to his credit so far this year...
...purple heart award for the day went to Brandeis right hander Larry Lessard, who pitched all seven innings despite yielding 11 hits, walking eight batters, and contributing three wild pitches. Lessard is listed on the roster as a shortstop; Jim Boyce, who is listed as a pitcher, played shortstop and turned in three errors on four chances...