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While plagued with the same bullpen problems, the Eagles weren't fortunate enough to have a pitcher the likes of Rubin to bail them out, or the defense to stop a team that...
...like the seams of the baseball, and dig in their fingernails. For example Gaylord Perry, 44, of Seattle, whose next victory will be his 308th, bad news for Charles ("Old Hoss") Radbourn, about to be bumped to 13th after 91 years. Jim Kaat, 44, of the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen, is approaching his 25th big-league campaign, dabbling with a new pitch, trying his hand as a submariner. The most enchanting apparition of the spring is Masanori ("Mashi") Murakami, a Japanese lefthander who mystically reappeared with the San Francisco Giants. Mashi has more English now than the all-purpose phrase...
...widely criticized move that has sportswriters dumbfounded, the directors of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Coopers town, N.Y. unilaterally elect the Toronto Blue Jays' 1979 bullpen to the Hall of Fame. In an exclusive Crimson interview, the Hall's director explains: "We were all just sitting around having some drinks and a good time, and we decided to have some fun. We didn't expect it to turn out like this...
Supporting the front line is arguably the best bullpen in the business, led by the team's bulwark. Bruce Sutter (9-8, 35 saves, 3 04). Sutter had an abysmal month-long drought in which he was awful, with an ERA over seven Since then, just the sight of him warming up has been enough toquell nascent rallies and give opposing managers nightmares. With a week and a half remaining, Sutter has an outside shot at surpassing John Hiller's mark of 38 saves...
Rounding out the bullpen is an interesting trio: Cincinnati reject Doug Bair (5-3, 8 saves, 2.62), rookie Jeff Lahti (5-3, 3.86), and the aged veteran, the old slowballer himself, 43-year-old Jim Kaat (5-2, 2 saves...