Word: platee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While Harvard may not sustain the incredible .277 batting average that allowed it to smash just about everyone last year, there should be enough residual plate power to support a potentially superb pitching staff...
Last year's infield averaged about .340 at the plate and performed splendidly on defense. Only one man from that remarkable group--second baseman Terry Bartolet--is back...
Much hope, therefore, is being placed in Gary Miller, a sophomore who worked behind the plate for the freshman team last year. In addition to doing a fine defensive job, he maintained a .380 average. That mark is impressive enough to tempt Shepard to place Miller else where on the field should Diehl fully recover...
While this pitching talent is encouraging, Shepard is a bit worried about who will catch the masterful deliveries. Dick Diehl, who caught last year, wrenched his knee and ankle in a skiing accident in January. He is just beginning to walk without pain; squatting behind the plate for nine innings is considerably more difficult and he may not be up to it for some time...
...business that steel used to count on. Steelmakers now concede that they were too long indifferent to the competition of other materials, and to fight back are boosting their capital spending 11% this year, most of it for modernization. Jones & Laughlin recently opened a new mill for "thin tin" plate to compete against the increasingly popular aluminum cans that pull open without punching. U.S. Steel is finally building two highly productive "basic oxygen" steel furnaces...