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With a man on first, the batter swings and hits a foul tip directly inte the catcher's mitt. The runner steals second on the play. Must he return to first base?
No.
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The object of the game is to score runs. Rickey did that more times than any other player and built scads more with his records for stolen bases and unintentional walks. In Oakland, he won the 1989 World Series crown and 1990 AL MVP Award.
When Del came up to the Braves in the middle of the 1949 season, he was the youngest catcher in the majors being only 19 years old. He had hit .351 at Evansville in 38 games and at Boston, he hit .263. In 1950, his only full year in the Big Leagues he played in 79 games, but his batting mark fell off to .220. Del was in Military Service in 1951 and does not expect to be discharged in time to play this year. 1948 was his first year in pro ball and he hit .304.
"Billy the Kid" made a circus catch of a fly ball to save the '52 World Series for the Yanks. A scrappy ball player, Billy has been with the World Champs since the middle of the '50 season but didn't get to play regularly till '52. In his first full year of pro ball in '47, he led the Arizona Texas League for Phoenix with 174 RBI's and a Batting Average of .392. He hit .286 and .280 for Oakland in in 1948 and 1949.
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