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...played hunches and hustle all season. If the mood came over him, he would take out a batter who already had two strikes on him, put in a pinch hitter Says he: "I just get a feeling." He kept his bullpen in a stew: sometimes, against a single batter, he deliberately used one pitcher for a fast ball, another for a curve. For 15 weeks, with only about four first-rate men (Ed Stanky, Peewee Reese, Dixie Walker and Pete Reiser), Durocher had held the Dodgers at the top of the league. It was a great performance, worthy of making...
...Empty Bullpen. To instill confidence in his young pitchers, he keeps his bullpen empty, sends a relief man down only when the situation is critical. This policy is clicking with has-beens like Schoolboy Rowe and Si Johnson, as well as the green youngsters for whom it was intended. Rowe has already won six games ; Johnson, seven...
...mound Hoftyzer worked himself in and out of a series of awkward positions. He pitched four straight balls to the first batter to face him, and gave the next a single through third. A double play from Gallagher to Fitzgibbons quieted activities in the bullpen and saved the inning...
Mort Waldstein will open for the Crimson as he did last week, and Sophfor the 14-inning triumph, will be in the bullpen for any necessary patch work. Who the Blue invaders will send out to defend their cause is not certain, but they are expected to call again on Ted Harrison...
...ninth however, the trouble came thick and fast. Two men walked and then Azzone powdered the ball into right field for a double that tied the score at three all. Coach Stahl decided that the Sophomore portsider had had enough and Burgy Ayres came in from the bullpen...