Word: bullpen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drove in 92 runs for the Boston Braves. Third Baseman Billy Goodman, 33, had a brief moment of fame nine years ago, when he won the batting title with the Red Sox. Early Wynn, the team's leading pitcher (18-9), is a creaking 39. In the bullpen are Turk Lown (9-2), a late-bloomer at 35, and Gerry Staley (7-3), 39, who seemed washed up six years ago with the St. Louis Cardinals...
Three Pittsburgh pitchers had been mauled for 15 hits in the first eight innings; yet the Pirates were still in the game, tied 9-9 with the San Francisco Giants. Out of the bullpen strode little (5 ft. 8 in., 155 Ibs.) Elroy Leon Face, and suddenly the crowd at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field knew everything would be all right. It was. Face shackled Giant batters for three innings, and the Pirates won in the eleventh...
...hard to blame a pitcher, however, for being slightly off his form in his first varsity start before a hostile crowd, and Cook demonstrated his capabilities dramatically last Saturday against North-eastern when he came in from the bullpen with the bases loaded and struck out the batter on three pitches. By all odds, Cook should be in top shape today...
...food is wretched, the beds are lumpy and the place has no central heating. But to Turkey's top newsmen, a stay at the "Ankara Hilton" has become a matter of personal and professional pride. Reason: the wryly nicknamed "Ankara Hilton" is the special bullpen in Ankara's Central Prison for newsmen who have dared to criticize the government of Turkey's Premier Adnan Menderes...
...Trowbridge, a bullpen hopeful early in the season, worked long hours with Braves Pitching Coach Whit Wyatt, learned to put a sharper break on his slider. Fortnight ago 28-year-old Trowbridge pitched seven hitless innings against the Giants, is now a valued reliefer with...