Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long after Johannes Hendrikus Urbanus got back to The Netherlands last spring, a Dutch baseball official said sadly: "I wish Hannie had stayed home." The star pitcher of the Dutch Honkbal champions, Amsterdam's Op Volharding Volgt Overwinning (perseverance leads to victory) team, Hannie, 25, had just spent a month in the U.S. at the New York Giants' training camp (TIME, Feb. 25). He learned some tricky pitches, but Hannie and the things he had learned in America played hob with Honkbal...
Then, just when other pitchers were tempted to abandon Hannie's heady stuff, Hannie got his control back. With a curve he learned from Giant Pitcher Sal Maglie, he began whiffing one batter after another. Hannie pitched one no-hitter, two shutouts. The other pitchers kept trying to toss American style, and some improved. But last week, at season's end, none was even close to Hannie's new-found effectiveness. With an average of twelve strikeouts a game, and two international victories (over England and Belgium) to his credit. Pitcher Urbanus hurled his undefeated O.V.V.O. team...
...Detroit Tiger Pitcher Virgil Trucks (5-15), his second no-hit, no-run game of the season, over the league-leading New York Yankees, 1-0, after only three Yankees reached first base, two on errors, one on a walk; in New York...
Club: Brooklyn Pitcher: Roberts, Philadelphia (19-6) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.326) Runs Batted In: Sauer, Chicago (99) Home Runs: Sauer, Chicago...
Club: New York Pitcher: Shantz, Philadelphia (21-4) Batter: Fain, Philadelphia (.333) Runs Batted In: Doby, Cleveland (83) Home Runs: Doby, Cleveland...