Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mack admits that his team has had some breaks: "The pitching against us has not been so good. We have gotten more bases on balls than we had a right to expect." He was finding winning so much fun that he had spurned an offer of $100,000 for Pitcher Marchildon. And people might find it hard to believe, but Mr. Mack was actually trying to buy an outfielder for $50,000 cash...
...first the camera kept its eye close up, on pitcher & batter, and followed the runner to first. It has since learned that one of television's big thrills is watching Outfielder Joe DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without looking back spurt to the right spot, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. The unexpected makes some of television's brightest moments: a rainstorm breaks, and the camera shows ground keepers covering the pitcher's box with canvas, then sweeps across the bleachers, singling out soaked...
...grand slam homer by Steve Howe sent four runs across in the second inning and these, added to the two that scored on Howe's first inning single, churched the game. Bucky Harrison punched a circuit blow in the eighth off Newton's second pitcher just for good measure...
...excellent pitcher and one big hitter was all the Army baseball team needed to beat the Crimson, 8 to 2, at Doubleday Field at West Point Saturday afternoon...
Harper's ace pitcher, Langdon Clay, should be ready to go today. Behind the plate will be Chuck Kenny, filling in for Web Durant, who saw Varsity action over the weekend while Armie Essayen was ailing with a pulled leg muscle. The rest of the infield will include Bud Gibbs, Fred Dunn, Hal Moffle, and John Chase, Dunn, of West Hartford, Connecticut and Lowell House, was recently elected captain of the Jayvee nine...