Word: bullpens
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...volume, until all Fenway Park is chanting in unison: "We want The Monster! We want The Monster! We want The Monster!" Manager Johnny Pesky obediently trots out and lifts one hand high above his head, the signal that means: "Send in the Big Guy." In the Red Sox bullpen, Dick Radatz slips on a jacket, grabs his glove, steps out the gate and hops aboard a little red electric cart for the trip to the mound...
...Phillies, too, should be counted on to improve. Blessed with an outfield of .300 hitters, Tony Gonzales, Johnny Callison and Don Demeter, an infield that suddenly includes Don Hoak, the Phils now have pitching, too: Art Mahaffey, Chris Short, Dennis Bennett, Dallas Green, bullpen ace, Jack Baldschun, and veteran Cal McLish...
...Bullpen. Nowadays Packard, who is the company's president, and Hewlett, who is executive vice president in charge of the product line, put quality above all else. To give their factory hands some pride of accomplishment, they periodically have individual workers put together an instrument from start to finish rather than pass it down an assembly line. And they strive to preserve the creative informality of their old garage days. Even though Hewlett-Packard operates out of a modern six-building complex in Stanford's industrial park and has subsidiaries all over the U.S. and Europe, only...
...loud out, batting .256 and hitting only 33 home runs. Mickey Mantle's spindleshanks spoiled what might have been his best season, stranding him on the bench for a third of the year. At 37, Yogi Berra could only manage a .222 average, and 1961's bullpen ace, Luis Arroyo, spent most of the year with his arm in a whirlpool bath...
Definitely below par have been the performances of the Reds' relief pitchers. Jim Brosnan, one of the rare breed of pitchers to admit he has thrown at hitters, must be engaged in writing another diatribe against Los Angeles, and his effectiveness in the bullpen has suffered as a result. Bill Henry has not been as good as he was last year either...