Senator Iselin is the original Manchurian candidate: he espouses McCarthyism but he is in fact a Communist.
We start with the pitcher then the catcher then to first and around the infield then into the outfield and around the outfield. Fielding positions in baseball by the number and the position name: Number-Position Name. 1 Pitcher. 2 Catcher. 3 First Baseman. 4 Second Baseman. 5 Third Baseman.
In baseball, more than any other sport, numbers matter. Here: 56, .400, 3,000. If you're a serious student of the game, you know what those mean, instinctively, without context or clarification. Now, with MLB's collective bargaining agreement set to expire after the 2016 season, another number is getting attention: 162. For more than 50 years, that's how many games have been crammed into the regular-season schedule. It's a grind, a marathon, a spring-to-autumn endurance test.