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Larson turned in a strong performance in the opener--allowing only five hits and one rally--but Doyle did him one better in the nightcap. The Waterbury, Conn., native twirled a two-hitter, fanning seven and pitching to one batter over the minimum. Meanwhile, Columbia's second-game hurlers Eric Blattman and Larry Biondi combined to limit the Crimson to six hits, but faced 17 batters over the minimum, as 12 walks kept a constant flow of Harvard runners on the basepaths...
...bats were dormant until the final stanza, when designated hitter Eddie Farrell worked out a walk, and pinchhitter Billy Blood slammed a triple to centerfield, plating the seventh and final...
Luckily, Strat-o-Matic baseball is a year-round sport and the 1979 cards are in. Soldiers Field may be cold and wet, but there's nothing but warmth inside when I watch Jim Palmer twirl a four-hitter for my San Francisco Seals, winning 4-1 and improving my record to three of four. Keep it quiet, but I think the Seals have the horses...
...remember watching Hank Aaron struggle for two years as a designated hitter for Milwaukee before calling it quits. I remember Willie Mays waving for the camera from the Mets' dugout. I remember Jim McMillan replacing Elgin Baylor in the starting line-up the night the Lakers embarked on their record-breaking 33-game win streak. I don't want to remember Muhammad Ali face-down in the ring...
...Carlson was a very hard hitter," Bell said. "That made it tough for me to mix in my short stuff, and he was varying his shots well," he added...