Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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However, after Godin, McInnis' mound staff lacks depth. Hymans and Tunner, a left-hander, saw only limited action last spring. Meears was the leading pitcher on last year's ill-fated freshman squad and did some heroic work, but in general the staff 'lacks deception and control except when Godin is on the mound...
...pitching goes, the three mainstays of last year's mound staff--Ira Godin, lefty Barry Turner, and Ralph Hymans--are returning. Stuffy is particularly anxious to line up one or two more southpaws...
Nagasaki is surprisingly full of smiles and surprisingly empty of hate. The A-bomb epicenter is a small park of less than an acre around a low, earthen mound topped by a plain wooden shaft. Seven young arborvitae trees circle the mound. A sign in English and Japanese states that 18,409 homes were destroyed, 29,739 people killed and 91,081 injured when a compact mass of plutonium "exploded in the air just above here...
...pitchers worked leisurely, heading McInnis' advice to "take it easy until your arms are in shape. I won't begin to look you over until next week." Among the 19 pitchers who turned out were Ira Godin, mainstay of last spring's mound staff, who pitched a two-hit victory over Yale; Barry Turner, number two starter last year; Ralph Hymans, who saw mostly relief action; and Landon Clay, star twirler on last year's jayvee nine...
Then Bob Feller, carrying no tobacco but more dough (the American League's highest paid player, at $87,000), strode stiff-legged to the mound. At 29, Fireball Bob, like Sain, was pitching his first World Series game. Down went the first three Boston Braves in order...