Word: plate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seated at the head table three places away from his successor, Art Valpey. He looked tired and now and then he smiled a little weakly. While other diners wolfed down huge planks of roast beef and mountainous ice cream and fruit concoctions, he rolled a boiled potato around his plate as though it was something less than a loose ball and made uninspired passes at some specially prepared orange juice he had brought with him from Maryland...
Dolph Samborski still doesn't know whether it will be Godin or Connelly tomorrow against Boston College, but he is sure of the other half of his battery: Armie Essayan will start behind the plate...
Cliff Crosby continued his heavy hitting of the previous day by cracking out a triple in his one appearance at the plate as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. HARVARD (10) ab h po a e Gannon, lf 5 1 3 0 1 Caulfield, rf 5 3 0 0 0 Kenary, cf 3 1 2 0 1 Coulson, 1b 5 2 1 1 0 Dunn, ss 3 0 1 4 3 Sullivan, 2b 3 0 0 1 0 Huntington, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Coppinger, 3b 2 1 8 1 0 Durant...
...glaring sun and biting wind hampered both teams and treated a meager crowd to antics seldom seen on the baseball diamond. Infielders were unable to see balls thrown by the catcher, pitchers could scarcely see the plate, and fly balls were michievously blown out of the awaiting gloves of outfielders...
This spring training, coasting along, Kiner is experimenting with a "standing swing": planting his feet a yard apart at the plate, and belting the ball without stepping into it. This unnatural stance (also used by Joe DiMaggio) takes maximum wrist-snap and timing. Kiner still hasn't got it down right. Against Feller, he struck out once, flied out once. But he expects to top his 51-homer mark this season, earn his 200% raise (to about...