Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard added a run in the fourth without getting a hit. Leading off, Tobin was safe when Cornell third baseman Chip Stofer fumbled his grounder. Tobin stole second and went to third on shortstop Tom Bilodeau's ground out. When first baseman Joe O'Donnell grounded to short, Tobin beat the throw home and scored...
...Terriers have also beaten George Washington, and were barely outlasted by the University of Connecticut, losing 1-0 in 13 innings. Sophomore shortstop Wally Birchler leads the team with a .333 average, and he is backed up by junior Bob Scanlon at .300. Starting on the mound tomorrow will be Ron Garilimon, who has a 1-1 record in three appearances, In 19 innings, he has walked 3, fanned twelve, and compiled an impressive 1.42 earned run average...
Second baseman Skip Falcone provided one of the many pleasant surprises of the 1964 season. After a year with the JV team, Falcone won a starting position of the varsity and was the squad's fourth leading hitter with a .293 average. Falcone and shortstop Tom Bilodeau give Harvard one of the best collegiate double-play combinations in the East...
...three passed balls sail by and wailed: "I never did anything like that before." And poor Mickey Mantle-four times he threw wildly to the infield. Twice in one game he was caught off base. "The dirtiest trick I've ever seen in baseball," Mickey groused, after Cardinal Shortstop Dick Groat lulled him off second with a joke, then zipped around, took a throw and tagged him out. Naughty, indeed, but it saved a run-and the Cardinals in the fourth game. Trailing 3-0 at the time, the Cards quickly added injury to insult on Ken Boyer...
Yogi Berra's pitcher, Rookie Sensation Mel Stottlemyre, had nothing wrong with him that a good defense could not have cured. In the fourth inning, the roof fell in. A single, a walk, a nifty double steal, bad throws by Shortstop Phil Linz, Second Baseman Richardson and Outfielder Mantle, and the score was 3-0, Cardinals. Out went Stottlemyre; in came Reliever Al Downing, who threw four pitches, one of them a ball. The others: a homer, a single, a double. Out went Downing; in came Rollie Sheldon...