Word: hander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Behind the seven-hit pitching of Bill Kelly, the Harvard baseball team scuttled an amazing performance by Dartmouth right-hander Pete Broberg Saturday...
...Griebel, who calls himself "the Wizard of" to compliment his first name, stooped the Harvard bats cold. Allowing only six hits, the right-hander struck out three and walked only...
...Broberg and Janes are "hot" pitchers. Broberg in particular. The Dartmouth right-hander passed up a huge bonus-contract with the pros to matriculate in Ivy halls. And as a freshman, Broberg attracted more attention than the Eastern League-champion varsity. He fired two no-hitters, a one-hitter, two two-hitters and averaged two strikeouts an inning...
...sophomore year, Broberg began showing signs of a weakness. He struck out 85 in 69 innings and established a 6-2 record, but the right-hander also walked 59 batters. Against the Crimson, Broberg struck out nine and held Harvard to three hits, but he barely escaped the loss when his team rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the final inning...
Babcock is a challenging pitcher for batters because he has a natural outshoot on pitches to a right-hander. Yetten relies on speed rather than breaking pitches...