Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Frank giving us that first game was huge,” Walsh said. “He really set the bullpen up if needed in Games...
...under,” no matter how low the mark is placed. Long, slow afternoons also offer plenty of chances to bone up on obscure baseball knowledge, such as the identity of the lesser-known member of Cincinnati’s “Nasty Boys” bullpen trio of 1990 that stumped most of the team for hours (Norm Charlton, for those scoring from your dorm room...
...musings to react. I picture Toronto manager Cito Gaston celebrating the title, and my quest back in time continues. I laugh out loud as I recall the 1993 All-Star game at Camden Yards, when Gaston, the American League manager, warmed up beloved Oriole Mike Mussina in the bullpen but then neglected to use him in the game. The next day, Baltimore fans were seen wearing tee-shirts that said “Cito Sucks,” clearly a precursor to more vulgar varieties of apparel that can be purchased outside Fenway Park these days...
We’re down 5-4, and I notice that it’s already the bottom of the sixth, so I jog to the bullpen and start warming up. I should be focusing on my windup and location, but for some reason I can’t stop reminiscing...
...continue to loosen up in the bullpen, trying to imitate Lowe’s delivery from the stretch. All I need is a devastating sinker, a month without a haircut, and some alcohol problems, and the two of us will be indistinguishable. Actually he’d still have me beat, since I didn’t win the deciding games of all three of Boston’s playoff series last year, nor did I strike out Adam Melhuse and Terrence Long looking to end the heart-throbbing 2003 ALDS against Oakland...