Word: shepards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...players keep coming out, and in five of the last six years under coach Norm Shepard the Crimson has a winning record. The first time it failed to make .500 was last year. Shepard says of this year's club: "This look better at this time than they did last year." This means that he thinks a winning percentage is possible. During the spring training trip to Virginia and in the early league games, the Crimson has played exactly .500 baseball, and when the weaknesses and strengths add up, that record seems like a fair prediction...
Though admitting that bad weather conditions made it hard for pitchers to throw well, Shepard was not pleased with the 10 walks his team allowed Springfield Tuesday. "We can't win doing that," he said, "that's a cinch." Yarbro is the only starter who has had good control of late, Dick Garibaldi and Dave Larkin being wild in the loss to Springfield...
Having beaten Tufts in its first game, a Harvard win can put the club in a good position to challenge for the title it has won four of the last six years under coach Norm Shepard. The Huskies were ranked third in a pre-season poll, one place above the Crimson...
...team with the best pitching should win," Shepard said yesterday, so he is starting his top man, righthander Al Yarbro. Yarbro has won two games and lost one, that being his last start against Navy, Friday...
...other hand, Shepard was happy with his team's sudden burst of hitting in the last two games. "It's certainly better than last year," he said, which really isn't saying too much, since the Crimson's team average was .206 last season...