Word: lincup
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Farneti back at linebacker last Saturday, nobody was humiliating the Harvard defense. If Farneti stays in the lincup, nobody will. He seems to have a gift for making the unit cohesive and making it tough. The cornerback play last weekend was the best that it has been all season, and this was partly due to the confidence that Rick Frisbie and Neil Hurley have in Farneti's ability...
...rest of the Yankee lincup is not particularly awesome. Besides Ford and stottlemyre, the other New York starting pitchers are Jim Bouton (18-13) and Al Downing (13-8). Bouton will have a good season, but Downing has always been wild and erratic. Although he led the league in strikeouts last year, the southpaw fastballer walked 120 men in 244 innings. The New York bullpen is totally inadequate, with nonentities like Pete Mikkelson, Hal Reniff, and Stan Williams...