"Centerfield" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fourth left-handed hitter, came up and Scott pitched to him as he had to the others—high fast balls over the inside corner of the plate. Reddy Ray's position was some fifty yards behind deep short, and a little toward center field. He stood sideways, facing two-thirds of that vacant outfield. In spite of Scott's skill, Hanley swung the ball far round into right field, but he hit it high, and almost before he actually hit it the great sprinter was speeding ...
— The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories • Zane Grey
... say he will; for the last inning maybe. What good's that? Nothing ever happens to a chap in center field. And when a fellow's folks come to visit him he naturally wants to—to show ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour
... hit it fairly without much effort, and put it over the center field fence, trotting around the bases to the music of the cheers of the ...
— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish
... I had in mind to make me win this bet from Alex was a pitcher I had on the payroll who's name was Hector Sells. He would of been just as rotten a ball player if his name had been First Base, Center Field or Short Stop. He could do everything in the world with a baseball, with the slight exception of gettin' it over the plate, and, when he pitched, his main difficulty was keepin' the pill outa left field. In the seven years he had been stealin' wages from my club his twirlin' ...
— Alex the Great • H. C. Witwer |
