Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wild playing ruined a Crimson effort marked by two comebacks. Bob Lincoln had relieved Crimson starter, southpaw Jim McCandlish, after the fifth inning with Harvard behind 4-3. The fireballing righti coasted through the sixth, but lost control in the seventh and ran into trouble...
Lincoln walked Springfield's Jim Watson and Skip Clayton. Then Charlie Lelas stumbled away from an inside pitch and poked it over third base to drive in Springfield's fifth and winning...
...starters had good ERA's but mediocre records, and a corps which opens with journeyman John Buzhardt can't be too imposing. California's roster doesn't contain a single starter sure of winning five games. The Twins' staff includes three recent 20-game winners, but only unspectacular Jim Kaat has ever had another season in which he topped 15. Cleveland has Sam McDowell, the league's best pitcher, Sonny Siebert, who threw the majors' only no-hitter last year, and three other potential 15-game winners, but led the league in disappointing performances...
Batting champion Matty Alou specializes in infield hits, Bill Mazeroski and Gene Alley are the best doubleplay combination in baseball history, and catcher Jim Pagliaroni once played for the Red Sox. The Corsairs don't have a stopper or a dependable reliever, but their staff is competent and lovable: Woody Fryman is a tobacco farmer, Bob Veale is suing Sport Magazine for a million dollars, "Deacon" Law could be mayor of Pittsburgh or Meridian, Idaho, with no contest, Dennis Ribant is a Met who might make good, Elroy Face ... To understand why baseball will always be the national pastime, tune...
Houston has the league's best new pitching in Mike Cuellar, Larry Dierker, Claude Ravmond, and Dave Giusti, while Philadelphia has the best of the oldtimers -- Jim Bunning, Larry Jackson, Dick Ellsworth, and Dick Hall. Youth will tell as the Astros begin their climb...