Word: mounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crosley Field, Cincinnati. Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez, 27, star pitcher of the National League-leading San Francisco Giants, is feeling lousy. His neck is stiff, his shoulder aches, his elbow hurts. He is dosed with vitamins, painkillers and anti-allergens. Caramba! But never fear. He stands there on the mound with a big grin on his face, firing baseballs at the Reds as if he didn't have a care in the world. In the fourth inning, with the bases loaded, he strikes out Cincinnati's Johnny Edwards on five pitches. In the eighth, with Cincinnati runners...
...work on the mound, Marichal is a study in contrasts. His chubby face and impish grin provide the perfect mask for his fierce concentration on the task at hand. His mental "book" on the weaknesses of National League batters is so detailed that Giants Catcher Tom Haller never even bothers to go over the opposing line-up before a game. His stockiness (5 ft. 11 in., 190 Ibs.) belies his agility and grace. Marichal's overhand pitching motion is wonderful to behold: rocking back, kicking his left foot high above his head-higher than any other pitcher in memory...
Belgian-born Georges Simenon is a great tattletale. His endless series of novels now total about 500, include a mound of pulpy romances, scores of Inspector Maigret mysteries, and dozens of gritty, graceful character studies such as The Premier and The Train. These were first published separately in France some years ago. Both are typical, tidy iterations of an old Simenon thesis: escape in any real sense is impossible...
...another kind of tribute. The rookie first baseman of the Boston Red Sox is sturdier (at 6 ft. 2 in., 217 Ibs.) and maybe even stronger than Reichardt. He also is a straightaway swinger who hits his hardest shots right back through the middle-over the pitcher's mound. So opponents have concentrated instead on varying their pitches, probing for a weakness. New York's canny Whitey Ford figured a high fastball might be just the ticket-until Scott hit it 500 ft. into the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. Two weeks ago, Scott...
...mound for Yale will be senior righthander Steve Kehas, who was used only as a spot reliever the last two seasons but has been an unexceptional workhorse this spring...