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Konstanty's selection was a natural: without his ever-ready arm, Philadelphia could never have won its first National League pennant in 35 years. As a relief pitcher, Konstanty was called from the Philadelphia bullpen a record-breaking 74 times;† he won 16 games, lost seven, saved some 25 or 30 more. Unsung and unwanted (by Boston and Cincinnati) as a starting pitcher four years ago, hardworking Jim Konstanty, a middle-aged (33) ballplayer who neither smokes nor drinks, hauled himself up from minor-league (Toronto) obscurity to become the best relief pitcher in baseball...
...Louis' first pennant in 50 years, won the second and sixth World Series games against Miller Huggins' New York Yankees, and had with Teetotaler Hornsby's acquiescence gone off on his standard Saturday-night binge. He was sleeping it off in the bullpen the next day when Hornsby, in a tight spot, called on him for relief duty in the deciding game...
...Pitcher Maglie had never amounted to much. When Sal rejoined the team last spring, Manager Leo Durocher figured that, at 33, Maglie might possibly make a relief pitcher. Durocher had a batch of strong-armed younger men who looked more like starters, so Maglie sweated it out in the bullpen...
...field. And once ahead, the Senators stayed ahead. In the ninth inning Boston got two men on base, and Sox Sluggers Ted Williams and Vern Stephens were due to hit. Bucky Harris picked up the dugout phone and summoned Relief Pitcher Mickey Harris (no kin) from the bullpen. Mickey subdued Williams and Stephens with harmless infield groundouts...
...even virus-ridden Joe DiMaggio came to life with his first home run-and second hit-of the Series. The Yankees slugged their way through six Dodger pitchers to a 10-to-6 victory and their twelfth World Series crown. Said Yankee Manager Casey Stengel: "We won from the bullpen. The difference in the teams was the relief pitchers...