Word: spahn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and New York, meanwhile, should finish second, third, and fourth in that order. The Dodgers will suffer from uncertain pitching and again infielders, the Braves from a lack of catchers to support Crandall and pitchers to supplement Spahn and Conley, and the Giants from Mays' human inability to do everything again. Willio, may be a great ballplayer, but he can't take ten years off the age of Sal Maglie...
...Wait Till Next Year." From then on, Willie was on fire. Up against Boston's Speedballer Warren Spahn for the first time in the Polo Grounds, he teed off on a three-and-one pitch and lofted it over the leftfield roof for a homer. His batting average started to climb. In the field he could do no wrong, did much that was phenomenal. He had an unconscious knack for doing the spectacular, an uncanny instinct for anticipating batters and baserunners. Once, when he dove out from under his cap (Mays frequently loses his cap) to catch a sinking...
Milwaukee (Spahn) 7, Chicago...
Milwaukee (Spahn) 7, St. Louis...
...exhibition play, the Boston Red Sox yesterday took advantage of six walks in two innings by Cardinal pitcher Tom Poholsky to gain a 3-2 victory. Other exhibition scores yesterday were: New York (A) (Byrd) 8, Brooklyn (Palica) 2; Milwaukee (Spahn) 10, Philadelphia (Konstanty) 0; New York (N) (Gomez) 9, Cleveland (Garcia...