Word: batters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before the exophthaimic Groinic had retired a single batter, Harvard...
Dockery will probably end up in the lineup somewhere, though, if only because he is a switch hitter. Without him, the Crimson has one left-handed batter in the probable starting lineup--Lee Sargent, the third baseman who hit a less-than-robust .209 last year...
Veteran Curt Simmons, 34, suddenly found himself pitching three shutouts in three starts. Ernie Broglio, bothered by a recurring tendon inflammation, was strong enough to rack up his 16th victory. Shortstop Dick Groat, 32, fortified with Novocain for a painful ribcage injury, is baseball's best batter...
Most to the point is the simple fact that the strike zone this year is bigger than last. Pitchers trained to hit the bull's-eye can now hit the first ring and still have it count; umpires have had to liberalize their standards for called strikes. "The batter," says Cincinnati Pitcher Jim O'Toole, "doesn't take as many pitches, and he's swinging at more bad ones, so there are fewer walks...
Chances are the pitchers will not have it all their own way for long. After this season of adjustment, batters should adapt to the new strike zone; and when its novelty wears off, pitchers will probably find it just as hard to hit as the old one. The ball could liven up, the nuclear test ban could clear the air, the wind might shift, and 1964 could be the year of the batter...