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Show Page HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday. May 10-- THE 15, 1980 Russell to Lopes to Garvey... Dodgers' LOS ANGELES (NEA) - Let's say Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates is waggling his bat from the left side of the plate, facing Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sutton is a wily guy. He has Parker set up to expect a fast ball, but Steve Yeager behind the plate has called for a change-uOut at second base, Davey Lopes has picked up the catcher's semaphore. As Sutton goes into his stretch, Lopes yells out of the left side of his mouth, "Garv!" Steve Garvey over at first base picks up Lopes' verbal signal, for that's what it is Now he knows that Sutton's going to throw an pitch inside to the d slugger. So Garvey moves perceptibly closer to the foul line, and when Parker lashes the ball straight over first base, Garvey is there to spear it and step quickly on the bag for the out. The situation described is the ideal. It's also the result of men playing baseball together for eight consecutive years. Garvey at first, Lopes at second, Bill Russell at shortstop, Ron Cey at game in that stretch. Despite being only (miniscule for the position), he is probably the premier fielding first baseman in the National a Gold Glove winner four League times. Manager Tommy Lasorda says the casting of this crew was all due to a p. journeyman vacancy at first. That's when Alston got his improbable brainstorm. Garvey didn't look like a first baseman. He had scarcely played the position, amateur or pro. A third baseman most of his early career, he was having trouble throwing the ball because of a shoulder separation incurred playing college football at Michigan State. His ability to hit was evident, but he was being used mostly for pinch hitting chores, although they tried him in left field for six games in the early season. Again, the throwing was a problem. "I had played four games at first base in 1972," recalls Garvey, "and maybe a dozen games there in the minors. I guess Walt Alston saw my athletic ability when he made his decision to put me there. I had good footwork right from the start, being a defensive back in football. And it was comfortable, at least relatively so, until I learned the little nuances that go with the position." The other infield spots fell into position almost haphazardly, too, Only Cey was really trained for his position, and the Dodgers opened the season with veteran Ken McMullen at third. A minor injury gave Cey his chance. Russell and Lopes were originally center fielders, and good ones. The Dodgers converted them to short and second, respectively, because of their quickness and offensive potential. Lopes especially had no desire to move to the infield. Now there are critics who aren't all that impressed with the longevity of the Dodger infield quartet and who see serious flaws in their defense. left-han- - they comprise the infield igning major-leagu- e longest-re- in the history of baseball. The Chicago Cubs of 1906-191- had 0 outfielder er the famed (Joe) Tinkers to (Johnny) Evers to (Frank) Chance, immortalized in baseball poetry, plus Harry Stein-- f eldt at third base. Another Cub quartet of the 1960s consisted of Ernie Banks at first, Glenn Beckert at second, Ron Santo at third and Don Kessinger at short for five full seasons. In their Brooklyn heyday after World War II, the Dodgers featured an infield of Gil ' Hodges, Jackie Robinson, Billy Cox and Pee Wee Reese. But day in and day out spotted only sporadic injuries that shelf ono of them temporarily no major-leagu- e infield has ever hung together like the present Dodger group. It came together suddenly and almost by accident on June 23, 1973, when Los Angeles manager Walt Alston penciled in Garvey to play first base. He was the last man to join the inner defense. Ironically, Garvey is the best bet to make the Hall of Fame some day, having batted over .300 for six of the last seven seasons, knocked in more than 100 runs four times and never missed a YcurlbcdsrtcrtFcr Cey can't get off a dime in the field, and it's no secret the Dodgers wanted to unload him this spring and couldn't get him to agree to a deal because of his longevity. They even offered to buy up his contract so they could make room at third for young Mickey Hatcher. But as long as "Penguin," which the veteran third sacker is called because of his rolling running gait, can hit the long ball and go off on sensational hitting tears, he has to stay in the lineup. Russell has publicly announced he won't dive for balls, and occasionally he and Lopes still handle the pivot like the outfielders they were. Garvey can't throw and often won't throw. Yet individually they've all been selected to National League teams. And although they're all age 32 or over (Lopes, at 34, is the oldest), there's no immediate prospect for gang. breaking up the record-settin- g Garvey claims the advantages of named Von Joshua. The Dodgers, in the spring of 1973, opened the season with Bill Buckner at first base and Joshua, on a hitting tear, in left field. Then pitcher Ken Forsch of Houston broke Joshua's wrist with a pitch. Buckner was shifted out to left field to replace him, and now there was a glaring off-spe- third base Infield Long-Reigni- ng Plus A Complete Selection of Accessories! Smoker-Craf- ' t 58995 all-st- 11 -- Ft. 6849S Ruggedly built of .051 gauge Marine Aluminum. Heat treated (.050-006with non-ski- d interior, heat-treats, extruded thwarts, heavy-dut- y seven ribs and interlocking keel. non-sk- id having them together are both tangible sent down to the minor leagues by the White Sox. and intangible. "The intangible," he explains, "is the security of having guys together who know each other's moves, who know the pitchers, who react to situations as a unit. "The tangible advantage is knowing the physical abilities of everyone and adapting to them. For instance, I know that Bill Russell, when he goes into the hole for a ground ball, usually throws low to first base. When Davey Lopes comes across the bag on a pivot, he generally throws to my right. Ron Cey has a tendency to throw high. 1G-f- t. Smoker-Crof- t Dilly Doat DoluxoPrcm 14-f- t. Aluminum Heavy-dut- y Trailer with e spray rails, welded hull, foam flotation and nylon inset oar sockets. 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