Word: batting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cubs were splitting two with Pittsburgh. In the second half of the season. Chicago's main strength will be the best pitching staff in the league -Warneke, Lee, French, Davis and Carleton. Weakness of the team so far has been the failure of Outfielder Augie Galan to bat as well as he did last year. The Cardinals have Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean, generally rated the best pitcher in baseball, and, at second base, the ablest recruit in the league, Stuart Martin, who is not to be confused with their famed third baseman. Pepper Martin, now playing at right field...
...showed a tendency to throw ball to the outfield instead of first base. That was in 1932. In 1933 Joe Di Maggie's older brother Vincent, Seals outfielder, hurt his shoulder, was released. Joe was sent to play right field. He got a hit his first time at bat, continued to hit safely in 61 consecutive games, smashing the Pacific Coast League record of 45 to bits. When he finished the season of 1934, the Yankees had to hurry to get an option on his services at $75,000. Manager Joe Cronin, who had been Di Maggie...
...Purchase price was to be $7,200,000, lent by RFC. Last month while I. C. C. hearings were still being held on the plan, Minneapolis citizens got excited, began raising a war chest to fight the M. & St. L.'s dismemberment, asked Congress to go to bat for the integrity of the road. The Senate voted a subcommittee investigation under Minnesota's Farmer-Laborite Hendrik Shipstead...
...Going to bat in the fourth with the Blackbirds going strong on a 3-2 lead, Harvard turned on all its strategy. Mal McTernen, George Tittmann, and John Adzigian got lifes on three successive bunts poorly handled on the third base line...
Possible changes in the Harvard batting order center around the likelihood of Maguire's injured finger being well enough to permit him to take his regular position behind the bat. If he is unable to catch Al Colwell will, as on Wednesday, do the receiving with Bon Prouty again on first base and Mal McTernen in left field...