Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Working from a mound that is only 46 ft. from the plate, softball pitchers boast much the same repertory as their big-league counterparts. Even though they are limited to an underhand delivery, their curves and fastballs blaze in so fast that the best batters have no time to swing from their heels. And there is always the change-up to help give the pitcher the upper hand. Most important of all, the underhanded softball delivery permits a wicked pitch that no hardball batter ever has to face: the rise ball. Sailing up from a few inches off the dirt...
...reporters asked the beaming Smith after he was sworn in was his general views on foreign policy. As Prime Minister Diefenbaker watched anxiously, Smith replied: "Let me tell you a story. Charlie Comiskey of the White Sox brought a young pitcher up from the minors, sent him to the mound, and saw this young fellow's first three pitches blasted from the park. Comiskey went out to the catcher and asked: 'What's he got on the ball?' The catcher answered: 'I don't know. I haven't caught...
Pitcher Angel studied the La Mesa lineup, saw mostly right-handed hitters and decided to pitch righthanded. The big crowd (10,000) which had seen him play excellent ball in the field saw him in a perfect performance on the pitcher's mound. He allowed no hits, struck out eleven, walked not a single boy. And his team breezed to the title...
...refused to relax between pitches, even during pregame warmup. Coach Berres was afraid visiting Washington Senator batters would pick up the rapid rhythm and tee off on the aging (36) righthander. But Keegan was afraid that if he slowed down he would lose his balance and fall off the mound on his follow through. So they worked out a compromise: Keegan concentrated on slowing down just a little. It was enough. He beat the Senators 6-0, threw only 85 pitches, walked only two men and finished the first no-hit, no-run game of the 1957 season. ¶ Although...
Whether the Cards can make it all the way to the title depends largely on Jones and his pitching colleagues in one of the best mound staffs in the majors. By the word of the experts, pitching was the fatal flaw of the Cards at season's start. But Jones has lately found the proper groove (his season record: 7-3), and Larry Jackson has a nifty 2.83 earned-run average and a 10-4 record. And, best of all, the Cardinals are getting a buoyant boost from their pair of bonus babies plucked off an Oklahoma cotton farm...