Ryne Sandberg was the best second baseman in baseball for a ten-year stretch. |
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A first baseman in the minors, Sexson progressed quickly through the Indians' minor league system. |
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He mostly was a second baseman in the minors but has become solid at shortstop and third base. |
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He's the top power-hitting first baseman in the minors and the only legitimate 50-home-run threat on this list. |
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The book states that on September 14, 1923, Red Sox first baseman George Burns turned an unassisted triple play on a line drive. |
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The two glaring needs are a leadoff hitter with speed who can play center and a third baseman who can make contact and drive in runs. |
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Writers no longer take note of the assists credited to a shortstop or second baseman. |
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As the pitcher straddles the rubber and the runner takes his lead, the first baseman tags the runner. |
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The second baseman raced over to make a nice backhanded save and threw him out. |
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Because of his proximity to the base, the first baseman will tag the bag first before throwing to second. |
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McBride singled in a run in the second, banging a ball off the glove of diving third baseman Ken Boyer to score Leon Wagner. |
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Along the way, he set league records for most home runs and RBI by a second baseman. |
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He was a first baseman and a left-handed batter and I admired the way he played. |
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That's the way my senile grandfather looks when I tell him he would have made a great first baseman for the Yankees. |
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He even threatened to send the rookie first baseman back to the minor leagues. |
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First baseman Bill Buckner misfielded critically in game six, allowing the New York Mets to come back and win. |
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I even scored on the next play when the first baseman missed the throw from third. |
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The next batter hits a line-drive single to right past an outstretched second baseman. |
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The batter hits a ball toward the mound that the pitcher deflects toward the second baseman. |
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Pesky bobbled the ball, recovered, and threw to first baseman Walt Dropo but Rizzuto beat out the relay. |
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How often have you seen a batter hit a sizzling grounder to the first baseman who is holding the runner on first? |
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After fielding the ball, however, the pitcher threw it way over the first baseman into deep right field. |
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Finally, Rosen hit a slow grounder toward Detroit third baseman Gerry Priddy and raced as hard as he could for first. |
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Spiezio likes to have fun with players he knows, like Frank Menechino, Oakland's vertically challenged, smack-talking second baseman. |
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As the dealer points to the 3rd baseman, she accidentally snags her hole card on her sleeve and flips it face up. |
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With Enrique Wilson on first and none out, Travis Fryman laid down a bunt that first baseman Tino Martinez fielded inside the line. |
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Angels first baseman Mike Epstein ruined North's plan by reaching the bunt before Lange. |
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A fiery second baseman, Hairston impressed the team during a brief call-up last season. |
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Kata, 25, a switch-hitter, stepped in when Arizona regular second baseman Junior Spivey was injured. He proved a real find. |
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Second baseman Bip Roberts fielded the ball but had no one to throw to, putting two Marlins on base. |
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He can sacrifice, forcing the first or third baseman to field the ball and make a play away from the lead runner. |
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First baseman Jack Clark fielded the ball and threw to pitcher Todd Worrell who was covering first. |
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Right fielder Melvin Mora and second baseman Jose Morban both thought the other one would catch it. |
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The pitcher fields the ball while running toward the line and flips it to the third baseman. |
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With a.255 lifetime batting average, Ibanez appeared to be destined for a career as a platoon outfielder and backup first baseman. |
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However, the Giants would be best suited to find a left-handed hitting first baseman this winter, as Niekro makes the perfect platoon partner. |
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Rocky Carlini grounded to the third baseman, but was distracted enough trying to hold Freeman, that he overthrew to first base. |
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The batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, who tosses the ball to the second baseman covering the bag for a force out. |
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When it is an inning-ending forceout, the pitcher can take the throw like an outstretched first baseman to pick up the out. |
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Sometimes, you have to rely on the second baseman and the shortstop yelling at you. |
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The teenaged Doby launched his professional career in 1942, when he debuted as a second baseman for the Newark Eagles. |
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The last time he used a glove in a major league game was in 2001 when he played five innings as a first baseman. |
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Primarily a first baseman and outfielder, he also played 62 games as a designated hitter. |
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I'd chuck all this to have been a second baseman for the Red Sox. |
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Tony Clark put together four good years with the Tigers in the 1990s, beginning in 1996 as a 24-year-old switch-hitting first baseman who belted 27 homers. |
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A lot of his throws to first base don't go to the first baseman. |
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He grounded to first baseman Tino Martinez, ending the game. |
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Our steam calliope was traded to Cleveland for a second baseman. |
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The huge switch-hitting first baseman is only 28, and figures to be entering his peak years. If he can stay healthy, he's almost a cinch to make an exceptional comeback. |
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You know sometimes when the pitcher sees the guy on first inching his way towards second and pegs the ball to the first baseman, in a feeble attempt to get the fella out? |
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On the next pitch, he slammed a screaming line drive right at and caught by second baseman Bobby Richardson, and in the blink of an eye, the World Series was over. |
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Their catcher, first baseman, shortstop, third baseman, centerfielder, and designated hitter all rank among the top four at their position in the minors. |
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Besides that, he came up to the bigs as a catcher but turned himself into an All-Star second baseman because he thought he would be more valuable to his team in that position. |
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Kids, like young Paul Hemphill, went speechless in the presence of Fred Hatfield the third baseman. |
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Kelly, who graduated from Pitt in 1933, should easily waltz past Colorado Rockies third baseman Ty Wigginton's UNC Asheville. |
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With a runner on first base, the batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, who tosses the ball to the second baseman covering the bag for a force out. |
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Robinson went 0 for 4, but reached on a throwing error by Boston Braves first baseman Earl Torgeson when he tried a drag bunt. |
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Gabriel Quintana hit the next pitch to first baseman Smerling Lantigua, who threw home to force out Daal. |
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Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard left in the ninth inning after he appeared to injure his left leg diving for a groundball. |
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Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the pill past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker. |
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Freshman third baseman Breanne Lookabill scored the game's first run in the third on a brazen baserunning play. |
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In his article on first-base play, he had the baseman straddling the bag in holding a runner close. |
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Both have power, and with with third baseman Kevin Howard, Westlake has one of the more powerful infields in the area. |
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In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play. |
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This was just another ballgame,'' Dodgers second baseman and notorious party pooper Jeff Kent said. |
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The Sox didn't replace him with a real second baseman until 1961, when they brought up Chuck Schilling from their farm system. |
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Tomko got to the ball with no time to spare and made a wide throw to first, where second baseman Julio Lugo was covering. |
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Waiting for the runner to break causes the second baseman to cover second base for the steal. |
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The third baseman and shortstop should practice calling for and catching the pop flies. |
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The Padres' third baseman, Ken Caminiti, launched a solo homerun in the tenth to pull out the victory in Game Five. |
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He threw two double-play grounders and benefited from a nifty defensive play from third baseman Dan Uggla. |
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Bogaerts scored one out later when first baseman Joe Mauer dropped a pickoff throw. |
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That's when Ron Coomer hit a hard grounder to third baseman Jack Howell, starting the triple play. |
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However, fans can look forward to the return of third baseman Pablo Sandoval, recovering from a hamate bone injury. |
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The seventh was the squeeze miscue and in the 10th, he hit a grounder to first baseman Daric Barton and Barton threw across to third to nail Middlebrooks. |
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The Anteaters took a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning on Ben Orloff's two-out grounder that went between the legs of UCLA third baseman Jermaine Curtis. |
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For the same reasons stated above, most coaches prefer their first baseman or third baseman, rather than catcher, to take pop-ups down the foul lines. |
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Bryant singled to center, scoring Kevin Garlick from second base, and Bryant then scored on an error by the second baseman on a groundball hit by Steven Packard. |
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Yankee manager Joe Girardi benched Rodriguez for the Yankees 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday in favor of third baseman Eric Chavez and DH Raul Ibanez. |
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Even though he was not the fastest runner on the team, he began to get some base hits and, in the process, force the third baseman to come in to play at a normal depth. |
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Ken Velds stirring eulogy for Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and Father Dan Mayall's words for beloved Chicago Cubs third baseman and announcer Ron Santo. |
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Dodgers catcher Russell Martin threw a strike to third baseman Wilson Betemit, who reached down with his glove as Reyes was diving in and tagged nothing but dirt. |
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If the third baseman fields the ball and there is no play at second base, the runner again should not slide but immediately look at the third-base coach for instructions. |
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Pedroia was just the third Major League second baseman to have 100 runs, 200 hits, 50 doubles and 20 steals, joining Alfonso Soriano and Craig Biggio. |
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Third baseman Chase d'Arnaud went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Waves, and center fielder Adrian Ortiz extended his team-high hitting streak to 10 games. |
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The PFX's most high-profile stars include three-time gold medalist pitcher Lisa Fernandez and second baseman Dot Richardson, a two-time gold medalist. |
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If, for example, a shortstop is not as skilled as the second baseman or third baseman in catching pop-ups, the list should be changed to reflect this fact. |
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Outfielders Laura Berg and Jessica Mendoza, catcher Stacey Nuveman, second baseman Lovie Jung and utility player Tairia Flowers are former Olympic gold medalists too. |
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The first baseman misplays the bunny hop, so all runners are safe. |
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We have our second baseman play back on the grass and our shortstop two or three steps in off the grass, based on arm strength and the speed of the runner. |
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First baseman Jeff Barbale went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and designated hitter Matt Vaccaro collected two hits and one RBI for Shrewsbury. |
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Fighters catcher Shinya Tsuruoka, second baseman Shinji Takahashi, third baseman Eiichi Koyano and center fielder Yoshio Itoi were each first-time recipients for Nippon Ham. |
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