Word: sox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stands in to bat lefthanded, only the shortstop bothers to play him deep. The front office talks blandly of trading him, fans pass him blankly on the street, his manager bats him seventh and remarks flatly, "You never really know he's around." At 34, the Red Sox' James Edward ("Pete") Runnells is one of the most inconspicuous players in baseball. He is also the best hitter in the American League. Last week Pete Runnells was batting .339-more than 25 points above his nearest competitor-and needed only a handful of hits to clinch his second American...
...Sox pay him a fat $40,000, but Pete does not share in royalties from TV commercials and product endorsements that bring in as much as $100,000 a year to such sluggers as Roger Maris. Runnells did a few Camel cigarette commercials in 1960 and 1961, but his contract was not renewed; he now smokes Lucky Strikes...
...Boston Red Sox' stocky Bill Mon-bouquette, who had not pitched a complete game since June 29, and was even dropped from the All-Star squad, allowed just one man to reach first base on a walk, pitched a masterful no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox. Score: Boston 1, Chicago 0. Monbouquette's no-hitter was the fourth in the major leagues this season...
Shortstop Eddie Brescoud, former National Leaguer, was close to the essence of Higgins mismanagement when he said recently that the American League emphasized power at the expert strike zone which doesn't happen all the time -- he's been bombed. Higgins manages the Red Sox as if Jackie Jensen, Ted Williams and two or three other forty-homer men were in the lineup. The face is, of course, they aren...
Even if Higgins had his team running as much as it should Boston couldn't hope to be too more higher in the standings. Desperate no-hitters by right-handers Earl Wilson and Bill Monbouquette, Red Sox pitching has been a sad disappointment this season. 1961's Rookie of the Year Don Schwall has been terrible. When he's gotten the ball within three feet of strike zone--which doesn't happen all the time -- he's been bombed...