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Last week in Sarasota, Fla., that same Pete Varney sat on the Chicago White Sox bullpen bench, a major league baseball player and a considerable distance from Adams House, where he lived for three years, and Soldiers Field, where he spent a good deal of his undergraduate career...
...Dodgers, teams that take care of their own, life in the minor leagues can be lackluster. The big stadium is there--the hint of what could come in a wild dream--but the stands are usually near-empty; loudspeakers play "Knock Three Times" between innings and the "bullpen" is likely to be a bench near the left field line. The Eastern League has a grueling schedule, too: 40 games in 144 days, April 10 to September 1, no days off. Once in a great while a local reporter will approach Brayton, and produce a "Patrician Who Can Pitch!" story with...
...cross-hatched cuts of Fenway's grass, the flag blowing out to straight away center, the packed Park shouting "Loo-ee, Loo-ee." Next slide, Freddie Lynn's arching home run finding its way to the Sox bullpen, click, the ugly scene of Lynn's body sprawled at the base of the Monster, a dissolve and a fade-in with the scoreboard Reds 6 Sox 3. Click, the Carbo miracle settling into the center field seats, click, Doyle out at the plate, the victory postponed, Morgan robbed by the golden glove of Evans, and finally the dancing, prancing Carlton Fisk...
Gullett left to a standing ovation, and manager Sparky Anderson went to his bullpen for Rawly Eastwick. The young hurler struck Rico Petrocelli out on three pitches to nail down...
Just about that time, as a squadron of planes pulling signs advertising everything from Hustler Magazine to Glory Denims buzzed overhead, a familiar figure walked out of the Boston dugout. He headed across the outfield with his characteristic gait and by the time he reached the bullpen, the entire crowd was chanting "Looee, Looee." Tiant had the masses charmed and they responded to his every move. It seemed as if he drew strength as well as encouragement from the yelling throngs. When he finished his warmup, you could almost sense that Tiant had the crowd, the Reds, and the game...