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...Kane hardly had a chance to ask all the necessary questions. Kane found himself taking notes while chatting at the water fountain in the Tiger dugout, while chasing his man through hotel lobbies, in between sessions at a television studio and on the warm-up mound in the stadium bullpen. His biggest break came when the brakes locked on a plane that was bringing the Tiger star from Boston to New York. McLain fumed at the delay, but there he was-trapped in the cabin with Kane for one long hour, with nothing to do except talk about himself...
...were trailing the league-leading Detroit Tigers 5-0 in the fourth inning. There was only one Tiger out and two on base. At bat was Al Kaline, one of the league's most dangerous hitters. The situation clearly called for a relief pitcher. But the New York bullpen was exhausted after a 19-inning marathon against Detroit two nights before. Then Manager Ralph Houk remembered Colavito. In his years with the Indians, Rocky had nailed scores of base runners with his authoritative throwing arm. On Aug. 13, 1958, Colavito had even pitched three innings of scoreless ball against...
...switched to contact lenses. "I'm seeing things I didn't see before," he says, and his record this season shows visible improvement: a league-leading 14-2. The unreliability of Detroit's other front-line pitchers is offset by the strength of its bullpen: among them, Relievers Pat Dobson, Jon Warden, John Killer and Fred Lasher boast a record of 15 victories and nine saves against only five defeats...
...expected to hit .300 for the season and the No. 7 man in the batting order, Centerfielder Ted Uhlaender is currently batting .333. Pitching? Fireballer Dean Chance has won two games as has Jim Merritt. Jim Perry and Dave Boswell both have complete-game victories, and the Twins' bullpen crew is languishing from lack of work...
...Lincoln finished up the last two innings and gave up one run. As in the loss to B.U. a week ago, when Dorwart was effective in relieving Peters, the Harvard bullpen was excellent...