Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days of spring practice because of flu and a sprained wrist, Pepper Pot Stanky was back in the Giant lineup as lead-off batter. He came to the plate six times. Hunching his stocky (5 ft. 8 in., 165 Ibs.) frame to its shortest possible height, yapping at the pitcher, fidgeting with his cap and uniform, Stanky wriggled his way into four walks ("I don't care how I get on base"), hit a double, stole a base and scored four runs. Not until the ninth inning, after the Giants had salted the game away, did Stanky finally...
...Manager Durocher sees it, "the Giants were weakest last year in bench [i.e., reserve] strength." This year something new has been added in Catcher Rafael Noble (TIME, April 2), Pitcher Roger Bowman (16-11 with Jersey City last season), Infielder Art Wilson, "who could play shortstop for anyone," and Utility Man John ("Spider") Jorgenson, "a good little left-handed hitter...
...prospect in nearby Leakesville, Miss. (pop. around 1,000) two years ago, Vinegar bounced up the Cardinal chain to Winston-Salem last year, where he won 17 games, struck out 227 batters in 207 innings. Cardinal Manager Marty Marion exults over his huge (6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs.) pitcher: "He has the livest fast ball I've seen in years...
...Cubs' Lefthander Bob Schultz, 27, a stringy (6 ft. 3 in.) workhorse with a 25-6 record with Nashville, Tenn. last year. Schultz is a "control" pitcher, canny but not speedy, who paces himself well enough to work the first game of a doubleheader, relieve in the second...
...Godin, ace pitcher of last year's baseball squad is in Deland, Florida, training with the Louisville team of the Red Sox farm system. He is aiming to join two select, but undistinguished groups--the Red Sox mound staff, and the company of Harvard graduates who have made the big time...