Word: bullpens
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...while, it seemed as if Walter had waited too long before he came out of the bullpen. From the moment the Dodgers got to town, their front office antagonized the powerful suburban press. National League President Warren Giles riled all L.A. by threatening to take...
People have asked me many times about what happened that day, in that seventh-inning clutch, when Alexander was called in from the bullpen to relieve Haines. They wanted to know what I said and what Alex said, and whether he had a gin bottle out there in the bullpen...
...manager would tolerate a gin bottle in dugout or bullpen. So what explained the sudden spurt of skill of Detroit Third Baseman Reno Bertoia? For two full seasons, and even this spring, Bonus Baby Bertoia sometimes performed like a crossfoot clown in the field and was too tense at bat to hit his hat size. Still, as the season started, Bertoia was given the nod over Jim Finigan to play third. He has yet to make an error, and at week's end he was second in the American League in batting with a hefty .375 (behind Boston...
...sixth game, back at Ebbets Field, Manager Walter Alston started his bullpen specialist, Clem Labine. Inning after scoreless inning, he matched the Yanks' bulky "Bullet Bob" Turley, an erratic speed merchant who seldom wins the way he ought to. Then, in the tenth, hefty Jackie Robinson briefly remembered the skill that once made him one of the roughest hitters in the league. He laced a rising liner over the head of aging Enos Slaughter in left field and drove in the only run of the game. It was a thin victory, but the Dodgers were still alive...
...Senator to bat actually reached first base, but he was walked by Pitcher Babe Ruth, who was prompt ly thrown out of the game for clouting Plate Umpire Brick Owens to express his displeasure. The runner was caught stealing, and Relief Pitcher Ernie Shore, called in cold from the bullpen, disposed of the next 26 Senators with out walking one or allowing...