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Taking the mound for the Crimson, and hopefully not planning to walk the first six batters she faces, is sophomore Nancy Boutilier, a member of an entirely right-handed pitching staff. Former women's lacrosse goalie, Boutilier, a first-year softballer, intends to finesse the Engineer batswomen with her change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batswomen Prepared for Varsity Debut | 4/1/1981 | See Source »

But where? And the problem with platooning (playing the left-handed hitting Remy against right-handed pitchers and the right-handed Stapleton against south-paws), besides the fact that both--especially Remy--will not like it, is that Stapleton hit better (.330) against righties than he did against lefties.

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Red Sox Prospects: Finding Room for Remy and Stapleton | 3/11/1981 | See Source »

NEW YORK YANKEES: The Yankees acquired a right-handed power hitter in Bob Watson, a new catcher in Rick Cerone and a new centerfielder in Ruppert Jones, but this team is getting old. And the pitching staff may be in trouble if Ed Figueroa or Luis Tiant don't give...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: BASEBALL | 4/4/1980 | See Source »

Winger Sara Fischer played a scrappy game, but she failed to sneak the puck past the Northeastern netminder. Coach Rita Harder said after the game she thinks moving Fischer--a right-handed player--from left to right wing "made her feel a little more at home."

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Northeastern Shuts Out Crimson, 8-0, Scoring Six Goals in Third Period | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

But Weaver does not win games fighting with umpires. He wins with his own distinctive style of managing. He does not believe inflexibly in the sacrifice bunt, the hit-and-run or, for that matter, the supposedly hallowed rule that left-handed hitters hit better against right-handed pitchers, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

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