Word: batted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bases full, a valiant slugger sidled to the plate to save the fair name of his team. Whether or not the umpire was crosseyed, he called the first two pitches strikes. The crowd howled for umpire blood, but the batter only entrenched himself more deeply and juggled his bat into a better position. Then came the next ball: a mighty swing, and Casey...
...first time in the history of baseball at the University, the Wingate Cup and the Wendell Bat have been awarded to the same player. At a recent meeting of the Baseball Advisory Committee, it was decided that George Owen '23 of Newton, for three years first baseman of the University team and last year its captain, had earned the two awards by the excellence of his work on the diamond last spring...
This is the third successive time that Owen has won the Dana P. J. Wingate Cup which is awarded to the player showing the best all-round ability on the diamond. The Barrett Wendell Jr. Bat, which is given for the strongest performance on the offense, was awarded to Owen for the first time this year, having been won during the preceding two years by A. J. Conlon...
...June 25, 1885, Detroit tried out a pitcher named Casey, but he was not mighty at bat and did not last the season through as a pitcher. A strike out by him would not have shocked the populace...
...Prior to the time that Casey at the Bat appeared, there were two other professional Caseys. One was Dan M., a pitcher with the Philadelphia Nationals for several years from 1886 on, and the other was Dennis, an outfielder with Baltimore in the Baltimore Association...