Word: sox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Good. Hardly anybody throws at George Scott-and that's another kind of tribute. The rookie first baseman of the Boston Red Sox is sturdier (at 6 ft. 2 in., 217 Ibs.) and maybe even stronger than Reichardt. He also is a straightaway swinger who hits his hardest shots right back through the middle-over the pitcher's mound. So opponents have concentrated instead on varying their pitches, probing for a weakness. New York's canny Whitey Ford figured a high fastball might be just the ticket-until Scott hit it 500 ft. into the upper deck...
...good. Over one stretch of six games, I hit at least two home runs in every game, three in most." Signed by Boston for a modest $10,000 bonus when he graduated from high school, he spent last year playing for the Red Sox's Pittsfield, Mass., farm club in the Class AA Eastern League-where he hit .319, with 25 homers in 140 games. Batting in the big leagues, he allows, is easier in some ways than batting in the minors: "In the minors, you never know what pitch to expect or where to expect it. Up here...
...Cleveland two weeks ago, Sam shut out the Kansas City Athletics 2-0, allowing the A's just one base hit-a pop-fly single. Six days later he beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0, tying a major-league record by pitching his second straight one-hitter; the lone hit this time was a bloop double that barely eluded the outstretched glove of Cleveland's first baseman. Last week he went twelve innings against Baltimore-allowing only one run, striking out ten batters-before giving way to a relief pitcher with the score tied...
...Sox 7, Tigers 0 (first game...
Tigers 6, Red Sox 4 (second game...