Word: mounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Four Boston hitters ranked among the top dozen in the league: Leftfielder Carl Yastrzemski was batting .327 with 25 homers and 72 RBIs; Rightfielder Tony Conigliaro had 19 homers and a .305 average; First Baseman George Scott was hitting .290 and Shortstop Rico Petrocelli was at .280. On the mound, the Sox had Righthander Jim Lonborg, whose 14-4 record makes him the winningest pitcher in all of baseball. Last week, with 14 victories in 17 games, Boston was in second place, only a game behind the Chicago White...
...Isle of Jersey. When the Germans overrun the place, according to this semidocumentary, he convinces the commandant that he will sell out for a price. Thereafter, says this new film, he shuttles back and forth across the English Channel getting high Marks from the Germans and a mound of Pounds from the British. Neither side trusts him completely-with good reason. He is not a single or a double agent, but a triple one, in business for himself. Still, in the end, he does aid Britain by giving Germany false information, thus misguiding V-2 rockets and saving thousands...
...League Manager Walter Alston did what seemed to be a foolish and romantic thing. He called on Righthand Pitcher Tom Seaver, 22, a smooth-cheeked rookie from the last-place New York Mets. A fly ball, a walk, another fly and a strikeout later, young Tom strutted off the mound with the game ball clutched happily in his hand...
...coach called his pitching staff "solid and consistent." Dave Fierke, a control hurler who "threw more strikes than balls and that's all a pitcher's supposed to do," led the mound corps with a 3-1 record...
...games, and struck out the most opponents. The tall Kentuckian, who had arm trouble early in the spring, had a good curve and a moving fast ball. Gus Crimm, when he wasn't playing first base, also saw a good deal of action on the pitcher's mound...