Word: batters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intriguing discovery, and pitchers strange new subjects. A pitcher, he soon learned, is the twitchiest of all athletes. He squirms, writhes, fusses and tugs at himself like a man with hives until he is ready to throw a baseball. Then, for a fleeting moment, he freezes and fixes the batter with a look of sheer disdain...
...encouragement. But pitching is a loner's art. Once a man places his forefoot on the white rubber slab and takes aim at the plate 60 ft. 6 in. away, he is on his own. Only his craft and strength can whip the ball safely past the waiting batter...
...varsity threatened to break loose continually against lefthander Bob Turner as the lead-off batter in each of the next four innings reached scoring position with none out, but was stranded. In the eighth inning, however, ten men went to bat, as the team capitalized on five hits, two bases on balls, and one M.I.T. error for a decisive six runs...
...year, his one defeat being a 3 to 2 decision at the hands of a strong Yale team which he lost in the ninth inning on a scratch infield single. Cornell's chief problem at the moment is the same as the varsity's: anemic hitting. Their only consistent batter is a Hawaiian first baseman by the name of Jim Shigikane who is the leading hitter on the team...
Harvey Friedman, who threw a 3-0 shut-out against M.I.T. Tuesday, leads the pitching staff. He allowed only four hits, while no M.I.T. batter reached third base. Though mainly a "junk pitcher" he has a fast ball that looks very quick after a series of slow curves. Opposed to the tradition of wild lefties, Friedman has no trouble getting the ball over the plate...