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When the relatively unknown southpaw took the mound against powerful Navy in April 1962, Coach Norm Shepherd was not overly-optimistic about Del Rossi's ability to master the defending Eastern Intercollegiate champions...
...rookie Del Rossi was shaky at the game's outset and Navy jumped to a 3-0 lead Harvard's hitters then erupted for seven runs in one inning. Del Rossi steadied and blanked the Middies the rest of the way for his first varsity triumph...
...hardly his last. After his win against Navy, Del Rossi breezed to a two-hit, 2-1 win over Columbia. Army was his next victim as he spun a five-hitter and blew down 11 batters on strikeouts. In the space of two weeks, Del Rossi had limited the three best teams in the East to two earned runs in 26 innings...
...beat rolled on. By the end of his sophomore year, Del Rossi had established himself as the dominant pitcher in the East with a 10-1 record and a 1.40 Earned Run Average. He helped turn what Shepherd had termed another "break-even season" into an outstanding 19-4 mark. The team won 12 straight along the way and Shepherd received Coach of The Year honors...
...Rossi's performance in 1963 perhaps surpassed his sophomore year. After again shipwrecking Navy, Del Rossi mowed down 13 Eli's as the Crimson battered Yale 14-1. His strikeouts reportedly came on a "tantalizing smorgasbord of curves, change-ups, and good old fastballs...