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*Former major leaguer Joe Adcock dead at 71*
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CHOUSATTA, Louisiana (Ticker) -- Joe Adcock, who once hit four
homers in a game and may best be remembered for another that was
taken away, died today.  He was 71. 

Adcock, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, passed
away at his home at about 4 a.m. EDT, according to Chousatta
chief of police Charles Adams. 

The first baseman hit 336 homers in a 17-year career with the
Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves, Cleveland Indians, Los
Angeles Dodgers and California Angels.  On July 31, 1954, Adcock
hit four homers for the Braves against the Brooklyn Dodgers at
Ebbets Field. 

"He was a great guess hitter.  He knew what pitch was coming,"
said Frank Torre, Adcock's teammate on the Braves.  "He could
call the pitches before they were thrown." 

His most famous hit was on May 26, 1959, when he ended the game
in which Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings.  Felix
Mantilla reach on an error to open the 13th and Hank Aaron was
walked intentionally before Haddix hit a ball over the fence to
end the longest no-hit bid in baseball history. 

Adcock, however, inadvertently passed Aaron on the base paths,
making the official score of the game 1-0.  Adcock was credited
with a double.

"I learned a lot from him as a player, but as good a player
as he was, he was an even better human being," Aaron said.

The Louisiana native played in World Series in 1957 and 1958 as
the Braves split two meetings with the New York Yankees.  His
best season was 1956, when he batted .291 with 38 homers and 103
RBI, and he made his only All-Star Game appearance in 1960.  He
retired after the 1966 season with a career average of .277. 

Adcock is also one of three players to hit a home run into 
the distant center-field bleachers at the Polo Grounds in 
New York. Lou Brock and Hank Aaron are the others.

Adcock managed the Indians in 1967 and finished in eighth place
with a 75-87 record. 

Torre described Adcock as a "southern gentleman" who liked to
move at an easy pace. 

"We used to joke that it must have been murder for his pitchers
in Cleveland since it used to take so long for him to walk to
the mound," Torre said. 

Adcock is also credited with one of the memorable phrases
involving former teammate Aaron. 

"Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron," Adcock said, "is
like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster."