Word: rossie
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Huskies will need their best hitting if they're going to win today, though, because they'll be facing Paul del Rossi. The Crimson's ace southpaw came back from the vacation tour with an almost invisible 0.60 E.R.A. in two games...
Against Hampden-Sydney Paul del Rossi started for the Crimson, and trailed, 2-1, going into the sixth inning--an unusual experience for the ace left-hander. With two out in the sixth, captain Tom Stephenson singled to right, Gary Miller and Bob St. George walked. Sophomore Jim Tobin brought them all home with a booming triple that put Harvard in front to stay and gave del Rossi the twentieth victory of his varsity career...
...Crimson's hitting was just as unspectacular the next afternoon, but del Rossi turned in a brilliant, two-hit job that handcuffed Richmond, 2-0. The junior port-sider fanned fifteen, walked none, and yielded only two singles...
...matter what the answer is, Harvard will win some baseball games this year--the presence of Paul Del Rossi alone assures that. Over two years, the little lefthander has put together the best won-lost mark of any Harvard pitcher since records were first kept 15 years ago. As a sophomore he was 10-1 with a 1.40 earned-run average. Last year the marks were...
...Rossi is not the end of the pitching staff. Back in high school, Tom Rucker threw so hard that the St. Louis Cardinals reportedly offered him a good-sized bonus to play for them. A football injury that left Tom with a sore shoulder temporarily ended his professional hopes and left him a sore-armed pitcher for two years. He won three games, had an 0.72 earned-run average, and looked a lot like a big-league pitching prospect...