Word: pitcher
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...Sophomore Amanda Watkins was the starting pitcher in the first game of Monday’s doubleheader. She pitched four innings and gave up two runs on three hits and struck out one. Co-captain Michele McAteer came in on relief and was able to hold the Wolverines to a 2-2 tie until the eighth inning, when she gave up the winning run and recorded the loss for the Crimson...
...Amanda Watkins was the starting pitcher in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, pitching all six innings. She gave up three runs on eight hits...
...Vertovez was the starting pitcher for the Crimson in the second game of the opening day of the spring break schedule, which began on Friday. Vertovez pitched six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and notching four strikeouts...
...that they're better," Gossage says of today's players. "Do what we did, then compare who was the best. Barry Bonds stands up there. When's the last time Barry Bonds was knocked on his ass? Never ... The owners can save millions of dollars--take the pitcher off the mound and put up a tee. 'Cause what they're playing is tee ball. They pitch around him. If I was going to pitch around him, I would have saved four and just put one in his rib cage. You want to go to first? We'll do it easy...
...relief pitcher probably was tougher in his day. In 1975, a year in which he led the American League with 26 saves, Gossage pitched 142 innings. Thirty years later, Bob Wickman shared the lead with 45 saves, pitching just 62 innings. That's half the work, double the reward. But it's a stretch to say that today's chiseled, athletic players are inferior to yesterday's stars. "Laughable," says Miami Herald sports columnist Dan Le Batard, 37. "What, anywhere in society, was better 25 years ago? You're using better training methods and previous education. And there...