Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pitchers in those days fired the ball underhand, standing only 45 feet from the plate. A "cross-fire" was created by the pitcher moving along a six-foot painted strip from which he made his delivery. In short, before Thayer's brainstorm the lot of the backstop was "nasty, brutish, and short...
Tyng teamed up with ace pitcher H.C. Ernst to form one of the greatest batteries in Crimson baseball history. Ernst, who in 1876 had twirled the first no-hitter ever by a Harvard pitcher, was adept at throwing the curve. The pitch had been developed by W. Arthur Cummings of the Stars of Brooklyn team...
...cold pitcher all year. McOsker was definitely on the warm side yesterday, as he quelled the rally in the third and gave up just one unearned run the rest of the way en route to his first...
...best possible angle on that play." Fuchs said after the game. "I was blocked out when the pitcher (Stewart) came down the line to cover, but I called it the way it looked. You know, you only get one chance in this game, not three," he added...
...HOUSTON--J.R. Richard is one great pitcher, but the team has a lot of holes...