Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Crazy Business. As the Secretariat syndication shows, the economics of horse racing is totally cockeyed. Nobody would ever think of retiring a pitcher as soon as he throws a no-hitter, a quarterback as soon as he wins in the Super Bowl. But horse racing -heavily taxed by every state where it exists, requiring tremendous investments in racing plants and breeding farms and the manpower required to train and run its animals-has been turned into a sort of rich man's lottery...
Driscoll, with a wicked slider and great control, was blazing his way through an undefeated season when he sustained an ankle injury. He has come back, though, in spectacular fashion as he threw a four hitter to down Northeastern in the NCAA playoffs...
Naming the leading hitters would be just like running down a list of the squad, but to glance at a few leaders there is Kevin Hampe, the leading hitter in the EIBL with a .419 average; Ed Durso, runner-up to Hampe in the Eastern League batting race, and Hal Smith, who blasted two home runs in one playoff game last week, not to mention his six other hits in 13 at bats...
...Bando drove in three runs while Vida Blue pitched a three-hitter yesterday afternoon in Fenway Park as the Oakland A's handed the Red Sox their second straight loss...
LaCivita wasn't the only one to return from the disabled list to contribute to Harvard's charge to Omaha. Don Driscoll came back from an ankle injury to get his first start since April 21. Driscoll pitched a neat four hitter against the Huskies, the only run coming in the third on an RBI single by Joe Porcello...