Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Byron Johnson turned in a strong job on the mound, limiting the Jumbos to four singles and displaying steadiness and confidence he never seemed to have last season. With men on base--and there weren't many--he bore down coolly and finished the game as sturdily as he began...
Byron Johnson is Shepard's choice to start on the mound, and if he runs into trouble, fast-baller Wally Cook will probably relieve. The outcome of the game would seem to depend a great deal on the effectiveness of these...
...outfield manager Al Lopez must count on Al Smith and a few promising rookies, while at first and third old Ray Boone and workman Billy Goodman will probably start. Unless the mound staff is positively brilliant, the White Sox will not quite make...
...fall into the second division. There is a strong possibility that the Indians' pitching staff, long the envy of the majors, will fold completely. Herb Score has never been the same since Gil McDougald bounced a line drive off his eyeball, and paunchy Mike Garcia is about through. Other mound hopefuls Gary Bell, Mudcat Grant and Cal McLish will not inspire much fear in the opposition...
Pedro Ramos, who snuffed the Red Sox in last year's opener, will be on the mound for the Senators as they try to begin this season in better style than they ended the last, when they dropped their final thirteen contests. Jack Harshman will be hurling for Baltimore, but the Orioles may have to play without Billy Klaus, a one-time Red Sox hopeful, who injured himself in his bathroom Monday night...