Word: sisler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vero Beach, Fla., veteran George Sisler, 54, the greatest first-baseman who ever wore spikes, got ready to manufacture a new first-baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had a talented and versatile athlete to work on: hard-hitting, fleet-footed Pistol Pete Reiser. After two weeks of private lessons, Teacher Sisler expects to have Outfielder Reiser (who seemed to be forever crashing into the concrete outfield wall at Ebbets Field) ready to replace Jackie Robinson at first base for the Dodgers...
Unlike the American League, which had almost no spring rookies to rave about, the National League was full of them. One even crept into the solid Cardinal lineup: Dick Sisler, (batting .443) son of the great George Sisler, pushed Ray Sanders (batting .192) off first base. After the Cardinals, the National League lineup looked like this...
...having both ups & downs. One little slip by any one of the trio of Wakefield, Mullin and McCosky. and a well-muscled youngster named Hoot Evers* would make Detroit's outfield. (But Evers himself slipped this week, fractured his ankle, will be out for about eight weeks.) Dick Sisler, who hits the ball farther but not as often as his famous father, was trying to catch the Cardinals' Ray Sanders off first base. But the rookies expected to shine brightest were two boys with the same name, but different ways of spelling it: stumpy Grady ("Hoss") Hatton...
Then Connie Mack beckoned from the dugout, one by one, some of the most effulgent guests who ever gathered to do homage to a baseball veteran. They were the members of his personally picked, alltime, all-star team: George Sisler, "the greatest first baseman ever" (now a Brooklyn Dodgers scout); Eddie Collins, second base (Boston Red Sox general manager); Frank ("Home Run") Baker, third base (Maryland farmer); Honus Wagner, shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates coach); Bill Dickey, catcher (U.S. Navy); Lefty Grove, pitcher (Maryland coupon clipper); Walter Johnson, pitcher (Maryland farmer); Tris Speaker, center field (Cleveland wine distributer); and George Herman ("Babe...
...Seven Hall of Famers: Honus Wagner, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Manager Connie Mack; and crack Oldtimers Duffy Lewis, Roger Bresnahan, Red Murray, Umpire Bill Klem...