Word: tobins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pitcher can win without hitting, and there's some question whether del Rossi will get any today. Shortstop Tom Bilodeau, who should have been among the team's best hitters, hurt a knee sliding into home at Lynchburg--he'll be out for a while. So Jim Tobin, the best hitter on the squad at .348, will fill in for him and Bob St. George will play third, where Tobin might be otherwise. St. George had one hit during the tour...
Usually the team returns from the South with a few .400 hitters and plenty of other good avarages. But this year, after Tobin, only captain Tom Stephenson (.333) and second baseman Skip Falcone (.318) are over .300. After that it's a long way back to catcher Gary Miller...
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...
...touted Bill Hash belted a home run off Lee Sargent in the third inning, and gave the Spiders a 1-0 lead, which stood up until the sixth inning. A walk to Skip Falcone, a sacrifice by Miller, and a single by Stephenson tied the score. In the ninth Tobin beat out an infield hit, John Dockery sacrificed him to second, and Liebgott won the game with a single to left...
...second base candidates--Bobby St., George, Jim Tobin, Mike Sikora, and Skip Falcone--promise much of an addition to Harvard's batting power. St. George, the only one who played much last year...