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...right to do that." At 42, he compiled a season record of 23 victories against only seven losses, thus winning 20 or more games a season for the 13th time. Last year Milwaukee Manager Bobby Bragan decided that Spahn had lost his touch, relegated him to the bullpen. Spahn ended the season with six wins and 13 losses...
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...
...Outfielder Roger Maris was still out with a pulled muscle in his thigh; Catcher Elston Howard, his right arm in a cast, was earning his keep as a TV announcer. Star Pitcher Whitey Ford (1964 record: 17-6) lost his fourth straight game and was banished briefly to the bullpen-prompting one wag to remark, "This year, the bullpen is mightier than the Ford." And all this while, Al Lopez's White Sox were winning nine out of eleven and leading the American League by two full games...
...back again, has three home runs, 16 RBIs to his credit. Pitcher John Buzhardt, who never won more than ten games in any of his six previous big-league seasons, is sporting a 4-0 record and an earned-run average of 1.53-second lowest in the league. The bullpen crew is headed by a couple of well-traveled knuckle-bailers: Hoyt Wilhelm and Eddie Fisher, who between them have toiled for 14 pro teams. Their combined record this spring: two victories, one loss, twelve saves...
...Braves are also the same on the mound, unfortunately, with only Tony Cloninger (19-14) and Denny Lemaster (14-11) as reliable starters. Dan Osinski, acquired from the Angels, is expected to blossom into the bullpen "stopper" the Braves desperately need, but Osinski never did so in the American League...