Word: grating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard batters managed only one serious scoring threat during the game. With two outs in the second inning, a walk by Jim Cox and singles by Lalich and Jeff Grate loaded the bases, but Dick Manchester grounded out to the second baseman, and that was it for Harvard...
...contingency plans for Puerto Santos calls for bombing "with maximum emphasis on winning the hearts and minds of the people." Much of the novel bears this slightly self-satisfied straining for effect. As a glimpse of Foggy Bottom, The Triumph has its uses; but its tone begins to grate under the suspicion that the author is enjoying himself more than his performance justifies...
...Jeff Grate leads the team in hitting with a 415 average, but Harvard's other top batters are struggling to stay near 300. Against B.C., Grate banged out two singles in three at bats, while the rest of the lineup got only one other...
...Jeff Grate singled in the sixth--Harvard's first hit of the game. He reached second on a pickoff error, went to third when Dick Manchester's fly was dropped in left field, and scored on John Ignacio's sacrifice...
...loss demonstrates the fluctuations of which Harvard's batsmen are capable. On Saturday they scored 11 runs against/Springfield, but yesterday they managed only three hits. Only Jeff Grate performed well at the plate as he walked twice and hit two singles in five times at bat. Coupled/with the loss to B.U., the defeat yesterday all but eliminates the Crimson from repeating as the Greater Boston League champions...