Word: innings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...McInnis influence was clearly visible to the naked eye. In the fifth inning, Steve Howe took a line drive in short right field and overthrew first, trying for a double play. In the old style of play, this would have meant at least a two-base advance for the runner. Not so this year, apparently. Catcher Cliff Crosby appeared to catch the throw intact, as it were, and the situation remained under control...
There is one mortal weakness in the team now. When Godin, pitching his twenty-seventh inning in five days, began to tire in the ninth, Stuffy sent some fellows out to warm up. They were a mixed lot. Barry Turner throws lefthanded; Ralph Hymans and Herbie Neal, right. None of the trio, fresh, could have done better than Godin, tired. If one of them turns out to be a pitcher who can go six innings or more, the whole baseball prospect could quickly become bathed in a soft, rosy light...
...strong right arm of Jack Donelan gave the freshman baseball team a 2 to 2 10-inning tie with MIT on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon in the season's opener for both squads...
...Crimson broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning and Ira Godin seemed in his way to his second win of the season. He walked George Winkler, a pinch-hitter for pitcher Bill Tighe, to open the ninth and Mario Insani advanced Winkler with a sacrifice. But when Mort Dunn made a great throw from deep short to retire Ray Foley Godin appeared out of trouble...
...greats," says Southworth. Certainly, Johnny Sain's pitching arm was the biggest reason the Braves had for hoping to win their second National League pennant in a row. Last week in Bradenton, Fla., with the opener three weeks away, the arm was run through its first nine-inning test of the season...