Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...glasses, read books and played the piano," had the nerve to tell off Big Lin and pop him in the nose "Suddenly Bobby shouted: 'Don't worry, Eugene, I'll protect you,' and Bobby socked Big Lin in the back of the head with the catcher's mask." After that "nobody thought much of Bobby. They figured maybe he was a lot more sly than he was brave...
...dusty lecture like The Passion of Josef D., with its dreary analysis of Stalin's rise to power. Chayefsky's latest work, The Latent Heterosexual, which opened at the Dallas Theater Center last week, is an unsuccessful attempt to weld the two Paddys. But the amusing eye-catcher of a title is only dimly related to the play, which is a symbolic satire on a rather threadbare theme: the materialistic corruption of the U.S. soul...
George Scott pushed his weight around at bat, whacking two triples. Catcher Russ Gibson made his bid to take away Ellie Howards catching job with a good overall performance. Boston's only real rookie prospect, Joe Lahoud, continued his powerful hitting...
Other scenes are the same as last year's. Reggie Smith still chases fly balls as if they were butterflies and veteran catcher Elston Howard still prays for base hits...
...brightest new man in camp is catcher Gene Oliver, who hit a three run homer to win the first intra-squad game. Pitcher Billy Rohr, who astounded the baseball world last spring with a one-hitter his first time out in the major leagues, is back trying to conquer the control problem that sent him to the minors. And starting first-baseman George Scott is once again struggling to work off winter weight...