Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crimson pitcher Jim McCandlish, thinking he had detected the beginning of a fad, ventured another bunt. He was right. The catcher hit him in the back with the ball and the bases were loaded. Houston then grounded sharply to the left side of the infield. The Holy Cross shortstop made a diving catch but had no play as Neville crossed the plate...
Harvard scored once more in the fifth when Hootstein singled and went to second on Falcone's bunt as the Holy Cross catcher, trying to get the lead runner, threw the ball into center field. Gary Miller sacrificed the runners to second and third, and Hootstein came home on Neville's ground ball...
...against Kansas City), and sick pay was costing $1,440 a day. Mickey Mantle, at $100,000 a year, was resting his aching legs on the bench. Roger Maris, a $72,000-a-year man, was sprawled in an easy chair in Independence, Mo., nursing a pulled hamstring muscle. Catcher Elston Howard, $70,000 worth of talent, was out of action for six weeks after an operation for bone chips in his elbow. To replace Howard, the Yankees shipped two players off to Kansas City in exchange for H. R. ("Doc") Edwards, whose credentials include a lifetime batting average...
Harvard's ninth run came in the seventh on a double steal. Miller doubled, tagged up and went to third on McLandish's fly to center. Dockery walked, and Miller scored when Tuft's catcher tried (unsuccessfully) to throw Dockery out stealing second...
...Atkinson then blasted a triple to right field and Bob Fazen lofted a foul behind first base. Harvard's Joe O'Donnell, running hard, took the ball with his back to the plate and hesitated as Atkinson broke for home. O'Donnell's throw bounded in front of Crimson catcher Gary Miller and Atkinson scored...