Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mental mistakes," Brown went on. "We made very, very few last year early, and we've made a few this year. Also, Charlie Santos-Buch has been hurt, and that killed us. He's a good glove and a good hitter, but he also gives us the spark you need--the head-first slide, or the diving catch...
...exasperating game. There was a one-hour wait for the umpires' arrival at Soldiers Field, one inning umped by a guy in street clothes, 25 hits, eight errors, two wild pitches and a balk (in the same inning), a pair of intentional walks to get to Harvard's hottest hitter, and a game-saving relief stint by Harvard's number two starting pitcher...
Stenhouse started the eighth-inning rally with a two-out triple (his second of the game, sixth of the season) to right-center off Tufts southpaw Art Georgeu. Jumbo coach Bill Samko then made the mysterious decision to intentionally walk Harvard cleanup hitter Mark Bingham, a left-handed batter, to get to Peccerillo, a righty who had stung the ball all day and had--unbeknownst to Samko--been hitting .500 the past week...
...That percentage stuff is good in the major leagues, but this isn't the major leagues," Samko said after the game. "Bingham's a damn good hitter, and he's hurt us in the past...
Coach Alex Nahigian brought up hot-hitting sophomore Erol Ceran (as in Saran Wrap) from the junior varsity as his designated hitter in yesterday's game. Ceran went 0-for-4 in his varsity debut...