Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bucky Dent, the starting shortstop whose play has tested the loyalty of many a Yankee fan, coupled his bat with less-than-graceful Lou Piniella's glove to form one mammoth unsung hero for New York. Dent's three-run homer in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead silenced a too-cocky-for-such-a-close-game Fenway crowd, while Piniella's defensive efforts in Glaucoma Country (sundrenched right field) enabled the lead to hold...
...sixth, the Sox gave their starter the requisite insurance run that any shutout ace must have. Shortstop Rick Burlesonstroked a 1-2 fastball past Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles for a leadoff double, and he came home--following a Jerry Remy sacrifice--on MVP shoo-in Jim Rice's single to center...
This year the stumbling started at the All-Star break, when the Red Sox were 57-26. In a decline fueled by injuries, they since then have played below .500 ball. In early July, Shortstop Rick Burleson hurt his ankle and missed 18 games, twelve of which the team lost. The Sox doyen. Carl Yastrzemski. injured his nagging back, then his shoulder, then his wrist. Pepper-Pot Second Baseman Jerry Remy fractured his wrist last month, and is still playing with it taped. Dwight Evans was hit by a pitch and gets dizzy chasing fly balls. Add to that Catcher...
...West, those streaking Dodgers ran into Phil Niekro's knuckler as the Atlanta Braves eked out a 3-2 win. Shortstop Bill Russel's costly error allowed the Braves to score the decisive unearned game-winner in the fourth inning...
...double plays?and infielder's pride?than any other man playing baseball today. During the 1970 All-Star game, a bone-crunching collision at home plate left Cleveland Catcher Ray Fosse sitting stunned in the dust and television viewers aghast. In 1973 Rose had a wrestling match with Mets Shortstop Bud Harrelson that left New York shrieking for his blood. Fans in rival cities pelted him with debris and jeered his every move...