Word: lineup
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yanks are wising up. They have Yogi Berra as their manager now; he starts sentences with "I may not be much of a manager, but . . ." They have a .189 hitter in the starting lineup (not even the Mets can match that), and they have a bullpen full of people who are reasonably skilled in the difficult art of throwing gopher balls. It is a slow process, but the Yankees are learning how to lose. So far this season, they have already dropped six out of ten to the sixth-place Boston Red Sox, three out of seven to the last...
...England prep school selection as a senior at Exeter and quickly became one of the Crimson varsity's most valuable men. He was out of the lineup and on crutches when the team bowed to Yale, 9-6, in a game that cost Harvard the Ivy title...
...usual threats of rocket-borne retaliation against any imperialist aggressor. From high on the facade of the Moscow Hotel, the usual giant portrait of Nikita Khrushchev eyeballed the crowd, and-as usual-the man himself, surrounded by the same Presidium, waved his Homburg in the middle of the lineup atop Lenin's tomb...
Harvard's hitting strength is beginning to be somewhat suspect; with sophomore Jim Tobin out of the lineup with mononucleosis, only centerfielder Neville is over .300 among the regulars. The team has produced only two runs in its last two games...
...loss may not be so painful with the return yesterday of attackman Kieth Hutchison to the lineup. According to coach Dick Lentz, Hutchison seemed to be coming alive when he was injured after the squad's third game. Now, his addition may bolster the attack as it enters its toughest tests...