Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first glance, San Francisco's Koratron Co., Inc., seems to be merely a little outfit with a big name. Its offices are located in the city's seedy Mission District. Its small staff is crammed into a bare bullpen and a few spartan cubicles. Koratron sells neither a product nor a service, but an idea. The idea, however, is the biggest thing to hit the clothing industry since Sanforizing appeared 35 years ago: a formula for permanently creasing fabrics...
...when the game started, there was Koufax out on the mound. At the start, his curve was hanging, his fastball was erratic. He walked two men in the first inning, and Freon horns tooted triumphantly in Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium as Drysdale began warming up in the bullpen...
...Gabrielson, a lifetime .231 hitter; last week Gabrielson was batting .305. Franks moved Willie McCovey to first base, where he could rest his aching feet-and McCovey responded by clouting 37 homers, driving in 86 runs. He promoted peripatetic (five clubs in eight years) Spitballer Bob Shaw from the bullpen to a starting pitcher's job. By last week Shaw's record was 16 victories, only eight defeats...
Finally, Stengel summoned Spahn for a talk in his office. Just about everyone in the club house heard the angry rumble as Spahn refused to step aside as a regular pitcher and join the bullpen staff. "I feel I can still pitch," he insisted. Perhaps so. But not with the Mets. Last week the Mets put Spahn up for sale. Price: $1. So far, he has not been bowled over with offers. By week's end, in fact, there had been none, and Spahn hurried off to try his hand at broadcasting baseball...
...Twins' pitchers have performed remarkably well: Jim Perry, with a new breaking curve in his repertoire, has six wins, no losses; Jim "Mudcat" Grant has won nine games and lost three; Camilo Pascual's record is 8-2. There is some notable talent in Mele's bullpen, too. "Last year we'd go into the late innings with a lead and we couldn't hold onto it," he says. "Now I can call on a reliever and feel confident." The one he calls on most is Righthander Al Worthington, 36, who has rescued six games...