Word: starter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Traded to Baltimore near the end of the season, Wilhelm was assured by Manager Paul Richards that he could be a starting pitcher. It seems to have made all the difference. As a starter, he did not have to throw so hard, could pace himself, concentrate more on control with softer pitches. Manager Richards figures that his knuckle-ball ace has four or five years of good pitching left: "He's my best pitcher now, and he's getting better." On that statement, Richards will get no argument from the rest of the American League...
...sailboaters in the U.S., who pride themselves on skillful ability to match wits with wind, tides and currents, without the crutch of a gasoline engine. To many of them, powerboatmen are simply "stinkpotters." who think there is nothing more to know about seamanship than how to push a starter button and steer. They in turn suffer the derisive snort of "rag-haulers." The schism runs deep. After all, say the rag-haulers, we were here first...
Coach John Yovicsin expresesd pleasure at his team's rating, although he was quoted as saying, "We have a veteran backfield, but the team is still a question mark. We lost all but one starter in the line...
After the first three strokes had been rowed, with the CRIMSON shell knifing to an early lead, the 'Poon cox raised his hand, and the starter, himself an officer of the humor magazine, called for a new start. Again the Crimeds shot ahead...
Springfield pushed over three tallies in both the second and third innings off starter Cook, who was having trouble keeping his curve from hanging but deserved to be unscored on in each frame. In the second, Tom Johnson walked, moved along on a sacrifice and wild pitch, then beat Cook's pitch with a dramatic steal of home. A throwing error by third baseman Mo Balboni followed, opening the door for two more runs on a single and double...