Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Catcher Turco proved he has broken out of an early season batting slump. For the first thirteen games, the junior went four for 25 at the plate with only 2 runs batted in, but in the last three matches he has five hits and has driven in five runs...
...tutelage comes down to is a brushup on the basics, a touch of inspiration and lots of positive thinking. "Nobody knows that little game between the pitcher and the batter better than I do," he says. At practice sessions, he stations himself behind the batting cage, shouting for Catcher Paul Casanova to choke up on the bat, commanding Shortstop Eddie Brinkman to "swing at strikes, dammit, strikes. Wait for the good pitch. And listen, the base on balls is a hell of a play." For the pitchers, there are lessons on what makes a curve ball curve. Camilo Pascual...
...Catcher Jack Turco single to open a seventh inning rally that clinched the game for the Crimson. As losing pitcher Rich Cherry doubled down the left field line and scored o a single by Curt Tucker. Consecutive doubles by Pete Varney and John Ignacio gave Harvard an 8-0 lead...
Beside the two seniors, the bottom half of the Crimson batting line-up combined for three important runs. They started the scoring in the second with two out when sophomore Bill Kelly doubled, second-baseman Bill Cherry singled him home, and catcher Jack Turco scored Cherry with another single. In the fourth, Kelly doubled once again, advanced on an infield hit by Cherry, and scored on Turco's sacrifice...
...Crimson line-up will undergo other changes against Columbia. Catcher Pete Varney will move back into right field and junior Jack Turco will return behind the plate. Curt Tucker, who played center-field all summer, will replace Neil Hurley at that starting spot...