Word: stick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roger Maris' records, and the demolition of the Reds in the Series, obscured the Tigers' own striking success. A rookie manager had brought a hodge-podge of rookies and has-beens up from the second division to a contending position, astonishing the league with his team's ability to stick...
...Tigers will continue to stick. They led the league with a team batting average of .266, scored the most runs, led the league in triples and were runner-ups to one team or another in hits, extra-base hits, total bases, RBI's, and stolen bases. While rookie second-baseman Jake Wood set a major-league record for strikeouts, (and led the league in triples), Norm Cash won the batting championship with a 37-point spread over the official runner-up, teammate, Al Kaline...
While Crimson attackmen and midfielders dropped passes, threw wildly, and missed ground balls, Coach Bruce Munro's stellar defensemen supplied the margin of victory by reducing the Big Red's running game to an unimpressive crawl. Kessler's body blocking along with the stick handling and speed of Grannis, Field and Straus held Cornell to a single goal through the first three periods of play...
...preparation for today's game coach Bruce Munro's men have been working on quick passing plays designed to free a midfielder on an attackman cutting from behind the goal. The Crimson will also rely heavily on individual dodging plays from such stick handling experts as Captain Grady Watts, Lou Williams, Pete Sieglaff, and Woody Spruance. Both Sieglaff and Spruance have recovered from minor injuries and should be at full effectiveness against Cornell...
Gunnoe, an ambidextrous sophomore with a good quick-stick, led the freshman team in assists last year, and will bolster the top attacking trio of Watts, Williams, and Spruance...