Word: callison
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York Yankees on Sept. 20, 1934. Now 74 and a gentleman farmer in Trenton, Mo., Grimes has long since forgotten 1) to whom he threw the ball, and 2) what happened. Calvin Lee Koonce has no such problem. He clearly recalls throwing his last spitball to Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies, who grounded into a force play. Koonce's memory may be due to the fact that he is only 26, still pitches for the New York Mets-and threw his last spitter just the other...
...simply rears back and fires-with a great paroxysm of flailing arms and legs that carries him halfway to the plate. He throws fastballs 90% of the time, and he often has only the foggiest notion of where they are going to go. "Mostly," says Philadelphia's Johnny Callison, "they just go sssssst...
...Straight. Two weeks ago, Gibson shut out the Phillies on one hit-a single by Callison. Last week he gave up ten hits to the meddlesome New York Mets, but he struck out nine and won the game 4-3 for his sixth straight against no defeats. With the 1965 season a month old, the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals have won 13 games (out of 27), and Righthander Gibson has personally accounted for 46% of those victories. Last week he led both leagues in strikeouts (with 54) and shutouts (with three), and his earned-run average was a stingy...
...infield, with Dick Stuart now holding down first base, and Richie Allen (who batted .318 but made 41 errors) at third, won't be of championship callber, Second baseman Tony Taylor and shortstops Reuben Amaro and Bobby Wine are not causes for jubilation in Philadelphia. The outfield of John Callison (.274), Tony Gonsales (.278) and Wes Covington (.280) is solid...
...losing afternoon. One day last year, infuriated by a narrow loss to Houston, he stalked into the clubhouse, found the Phillies feasting gaily on a buffet of barbecued spareribs-and flipped the whole table upside down. But that was last year. "Gene's pretty strict," grins Outfielder Callison. "But lately he seems to be easier to get along with...