Word: warmups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There he was, looking like a refugee from the House of David in his bushy black beard. "I have bad control," Fidel Castro apologized to the catcher as he lobbed a few warmup pitches across the plate for dear old Oriente province. And covering second base was brother Raúl, head of Cuba's armed forces. Then it was batter-up, and whiff-whiff-whiff, the boys were breaking their backs trying to hit that roundhouse curve. By the end of the first inning, it was Fidel's team 14, the opposition 0. Moments later, the game...
...good warmup for a match Saturday in which the Crimson faces an invading Princeton team that hasn't lost a match in its last 38. The Tigers, unbeaten this season, ended Miami's 137-match winning streak during vacation. Since coming north, no Princeton player has lost a singles match...
...general, Welland expects to go with his usual lines but will probably be using the game as a warmup for the Beanpot Tourney which begins Monday night in the Boston Garden. Unfortunately, if the Crimson is pointing, too much towards its Beanpot opener and neglects the business at hand Saturday night, it may find another blot on, its fine record in Watson Rink...
...today's match should be little more than a warmup for the contest with McGill Saturday afternoon. Last year Harvard defeated the Canadian champs 6-3, but several of the matches went into five games. Coach Jack Barnaby expects the McGill match to be one of the two toughest the Crimson will face this year--the other coming in February against a Princeton team that's loaded with talented sophomores...
...When the warmup call goes out to the bullpen, Radatz consults his mental book on the hitters that he is likely to face. "If lefthanders are coming up," he says, "I practice throwing overhand. For righthanders, I warm up sidearm." He throws his fast ball about 80% of the time, and some rival batters claim they actually smell smoke as it rips past. "Sal Maglie taught me the importance of getting everything behind each pitch," Radatz says. "He argued that 240 Ibs. was a natural blessing-so why not put it to good use?" Radatz likes to face pinch hitters...