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...customary, both sides denied malice aforethought. But putting Duren on the shelf would obviously be a major advantage to any rival team. Reliefer Duren has won 5, lost 3, saved 16 Yankee victories, boasts the majors' lowest earned-run average (1.50), has fanned 63 in 54 innings with his blazing speed...
...Yankees trailed Detroit 5-4 in the seventh inning one day last week, and to hold the Tigers in check until his pennant-bound New Yorkers could score some more runs, Manager Casey Stengel knew just the man he needed. In from the Briggs Stadium bullpen strode Rinold George Duren. the 29-year-old righthander who is baseball's hottest relief pitcher...
Husky (6 ft. 2 in., 195 lbs.) "Ryne" Duren peered at the plate through tinted glasses, promptly unloaded a high inside fast ball that sent Tiger Batter Al Kaline sprawling. The crowd booed. But Duren settled down, retired six straight batters over the next two innings, and threw only three more pitches out of the strike zone. By the time he came to bat in the ninth, the Yankees had given him a 6-5 lead. He squinted at Tiger Pitcher Paul Foytack (Duren's depth perception is poor and his left eye is rated 20/200). Foytack threw high...
Wild Man. Duren himself has been accused of deliberately throwing at batters and purposely firing wild warmup pitches to discourage batters from digging in at the plate. Duren denies both charges, explains: "The mound on the field is different-higher-than the warmup slab in the bullpen. I believe in getting adjusted to it by throwing as hard as I can, and sometimes it goes wild." The record shows that the brown-eyed fastballer is no scatter-arm pitcher. He has walked only 24 batters this season, hit only two. Says Detroit's Kaline: "Maybe he was wild once...
...remarkable pitching roster, the Old Perfesser can pick such aces as Southpaws Whitey Ford and Bobby Shantz and his reformed playboy. Righthander Don ("Perfect Game") Larsen; if they tire, as a reliever he has Fireballer Ryne Duren. who has saved nine ball games, struck out 40 of the 80 men he has faced. And every four days, he can send out the burly (6 ft. 2 in., 218 lbs.) insurance agent who is currently the best pitcher in the majors: Robert Lee Turley...