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Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills (born October 2, 1932) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–66, 1969–72), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967–68) and Montreal Expos (1969). He was an essential component of the Dodgers' championship teams in the mid-1960s, and is credited for reviving the stolen base as part of baseball strategy.

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  • Mad Man Maddon and his menagerie

    News Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | 16 days ago
    Some of his Tampa Bay Rays players, the more hard-core and less humor-minded among them, might tell you that their manager's a bit too over the top for their conservative tastes...The Padres are about to head off to Tampa Bay and the Tropicana Dome,
  • Pierre steals 600, celebrates with Hawaiian Punch, Honey Buns

    News Source: Sun Sentinel | 20 days ago
    The plunder of 600 stolen bases was laid out around Juan Pierre 's locker late Thursday night. The lineup card from the Miami Marlins ' 7-2 loss to the Phillies was displayed with the uprooted base where Pierre attained the milestone. The head-
  • Robinson was a Jack(ie) of all trades

    News Source: NY Daily News | 1 month ago
    Brooklyn Dodgers teammates and foes remember how he could do it all Yes, Robinson broke barriers, but the pioneer was a player, too; one helluva player. Saturday, April 13, 2013, 5:02 PM Jackie Robinson's accomplishments on the field are often

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  • Today In Brewer History: Happy Birthday, Rene Lachemann - ...

    Blog Source: www.brewcrewball.com | 16 days ago
    Lachemann was only 36 but had already managed at multiple levels in the minors when the Mariners hired him to take over for fired skipper Maury Wills during the 1981 season. The Mariners went 140-180 under his tutelage before he was let ...
  • The Dodgers vs. the Swamp Giants « A Long Way from the Polo ....

    Blog Source: giantspologrounds.mlblogs.com | 16 days ago
    Working by torchlight, the Schwabs dug up and removed the topsoil where Maury Wills would take his lead off first base. Down in its place went a squishy swamp of sand, peat moss and water. Then they covered their chicanery with an inch of ...
  • garvey cey russell lopes: who took jim bouton's hat?

    Blog Source: garveyceyrusselllopes.blogspot.com | 16 days ago
    quite a while ago, i posted a mess of maury wills custom cards i had made, designed to fill the gap in maury's topps career. i was so pleased with myself that i offered to take custom card requests and give away a 1968 topps deckle edge wills ...

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