Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strike zone on the first pitch of the season. With the count 2-1, LeFlore nailed a single to the right. Mike Squires, batting second, grounded out and the third batter, Carlton Fisk, ambled out to the plate. Immediately the stands erupted to give the former Red Sox catcher a loud standing ovation. A few fans booed. Fisk, batting against the premiere Red Sox pitcher and a man he has caught for the past three seasons, hit a bouncer to Eckersley, who routinely threw him out. Eckersley retired the side by striking out Greg Luzinski...
Only it didn't retire the side. The pitch sailed halfway to the backstop, and Lyman beat catcher Tom Wolfe's errant throw to first...
...ordeal. The sophomore (listed as a freshman on the Princeton program) played the opener in left field, and replaced Danny Bowles in right four innings into the second game...They Should Know By Now Dept.--After walking to open the first game. Princeton's Tom Michel tested senior catcher Joe Wark's arm with an attempted steal of second. After leaving the scene of his crime with an out, Michel and the rest of the Tigers didn't attempt another steal all day. The Captain has one of the league's finest guns. HARVARD at PRINCETON (first game) HARVARD...
Following Bauer's homer, Vinnie Martelli reached first on the first of five Navy errors, and moved on to second on Danny Skaff's single. Martelli and Skaff then took off on a double steal attempt, but a snap throw from navy catcher Terry Deitz to third sacker Jim Roberts cut down a sliding Martelli. With Skaff perched on second, Chuck Marshall dropped a two base hit in the hole to bring in the fourth Crimson...
Thompson came up through the Detroit Tigers' system but was dealt to the Angels last summer in exchange for Al Cowens, Ott, the Pirates' starting catcher until losing his job to rookie Tony Pena this spring, hit .260 with eight home runs and 41 RBIs last year...