Word: stoppered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Baseball coach Norm Shepard will be looking for a pitcher today when his hard-hitting nine travels west for a 3 p.m. contest at Springfield College. The Crimson lineup is well-set down to the number one pinch hitter, but Shepard has yet to find a stopper or any clear order among his seven hurlers...
...medication or the ice, but something has certainly improved Sandy's hitting. Until this season, he was known by teammates as "the rally stopper" because he was so hopeless at the plate. His lifetime average was a minuscule .083. This season his average has risen to an almost respectable .236, and his batting has either driven in or set up the winning runs in two of the last three games he pitched. More pitchers should have arthritis like that...
...first compounded by Jack Paar, and when Paar decided to call it quits three years ago, he pointed to Carson as "the one man who could or should replace me." For Carson, it was a tough assignment. Paar's emotionalism had made the show the biggest sleep-stopper since caffeine. By contrast, Carson came on like pure Sanka. But soon his low-key, affable humor began to prove addictive. Paar generated new interest, but Carson is watched...
...Braves are also the same on the mound, unfortunately, with only Tony Cloninger (19-14) and Denny Lemaster (14-11) as reliable starters. Dan Osinski, acquired from the Angels, is expected to blossom into the bullpen "stopper" the Braves desperately need, but Osinski never did so in the American League...
...last week's Boston opening, either. Elinor Hughes (Herald) found the number "just great." Kevin Kelly (Globe) cited Price's "vivid performance" and said he "sings with enough power and feeling to bring the roof down, and he does." Alta Maloney (Traveler) called it "a whopper of a show-stopper, sung in a voice that made chills go up and down the spine." T.K. Morse (Patriot Ledger) found him "glorious." Bradford Swan (Providence Journal) said Price sang "superbly," and Donald Cragin (Worcester Telegram) felt he performed "with the verve of one who has practiced generations for the moment." Elliot Norton...