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...first hitter he faced in batting practice was Lance Parrish, a former Detroit catcher he had been partial to in Flint. ("I definitely didn't want to bean him.") The ball came flying back with a wonderful new timbre. "He was the first guy I ever faced with a wooden bat," says Abbott, too young to see the sadness in how far a player has to come these days to escape aluminum. After hitting against the rookie, Parrish moved behind the plate: "He probably has as strong an arm as any lefthander I've ever caught. His motion...
Incidentally, Pete Gray lasted just the solitary year because he hit but .218 one-handed. As a pitcher, Abbott is excused from batting chores by the American League's designated-hitter rule, though it may be the other pitchers who should celebrate. At Michigan he came to bat a total of three times. After grounding out to third, he singled in the infield and then cracked a clean hit to right. Two for three. That's .667 lifetime...
...little emotional," outside hitter Martin Valasek said...
Harvard--playing a 5-1 (five hitters and a designated setter) offense--dropped a close first set in which both outside hitter Dave Dickman and Gurdal picked up yellow (warning) cards for protesting calls...
...bright spot for Harvard was senior Don Gajewski's fine play, especially his hitting on the strong side. (The strong side refers to the side from which the hitter can best see the set. For a right-handed hitter, the left is the strong side...