Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Walter Johnson, Washington pitcher (American League) : "I admitted I am not as good as I was 10 or 15 years ago. 'It's a pair of weak legs,' said I, 'rather than an ailing arm that is robbing me of much of my speed...
...alternating current of Yale's baseball fortunes for 1923 became unexpectedly direct in the closing fortnight. The New Haven team won the championship of the major Eastern intercollegiate triangle mainly by virtue of the curious sidearm delivery of Pitcher " Duck" Pond. Pond, who is a Sophomore, defeated both Princeton and Harvard twice in eleven days...
...Grounds-Yale 5, Princeton 1-gave "Mo" Berg, Tiger shortstop, difficult opportunities to which he rose so satisfactorily that Brooklyn National League scouts in the stands promptly offered him a Major League contract. Berg played his first game with Brooklyn last week, making one hit (a scratch, through the pitcher's box) and fielding perfectly...
Said he (speaking of the "intentional base on balls "): " I've had an idea about this whole business buzzing around my head for some time, and I wonder if it would work out. . . . Suppose the pitcher passes a man. It is agreed, to begin with, that every player ought to have the same chance at the bat. Why couldn't another man be put on first to run for him while he stays at the plate...
...four games have been defeats, Tufts will be greatly strengthened by the return of Morrell, a veteran of three years' experience in the box, who has been ineligible for the greater part of the season. He will start the game on the mound, while Kroog, the most promising substitute pitcher, will be held in reserve...