Word: shortstops
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...strange part is Ozzie Guillen, the first manager to take a Chicago team to the World Series in nearly a half-century. The former Sox shortstop's big-league managerial experience is no broader than a pinstripe, and the Venezuelan native loathes Chicago's chilly weather. But his loose, informal style and perpetual-motion machine of a mouth have proved ideal for rallying a squad of talented but unfocused also-rans in search of an identity...
...against the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 19, 1951, and stepped up to lead off for the Browns in the second game. As expected, Gaedel walked on four pitches and retired from baseball. Next day the American League barred all midgets. Veeck talked about demanding a ruling on whether Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto, at 5 ft. 6 in., was a short ballplayer or a tall midget...
Morgan Brown has become the league’s top defensive shortstop, and Frank Herrmann a dominant Ivy starter...
When senior Mike Morgalis and classmate Trey Hendricks ’04 pitched live batting practice to then-rehabbing and then-beloved Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra at Fenway Park last spring, Morgalis thought he was done with the sport of baseball...
...wrote about a high school shortstop named Khalil Greene, back before Peter Gammons knew his name and girls screamed it from the stands of Petco Park...