Tag: new york giants baseball
member name: herbert l.
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February 19, 2009 04:46 PM EST --
As leadoff batter, Stanky steps into the batter’s box at the start of a game, and just as the pitcher begins his windup, Stanky throws up his hand, steps out of the batter’s box, asks for a time out. . . .
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February 28, 2009 04:44 PM EST --
Eddie Stanky was quoted as saying that if it meant being safe on a close play, he’d spike his own mother. I’m not certain he ever really said that. Or if he did say it, whether he truly would have spiked . . .
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February 07, 2009 07:08 PM EST --
After nine years making enemies of Giant fans as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Leo Durocher replaced Mel Ott as manager of the New York Giants halfway through the 1948 season. To rub the . . .
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March 08, 2009 04:24 PM EDT --
Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark complemented one another in the field, just as they did at bat and on the bases. In 1950, with them at second and shortstop, the Giants executed 181 double plays in 154 games, . . .
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March 27, 2009 01:32 AM EDT --
Baseball record books are filled with statistics on home runs, runs batted in, earned run averages, etc. but there’s nothing in them on the intangible factors of the game. For example--in . . .
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