Word: farmed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joey Jay, a husky (6 ft. 4 in., 230 Ibs.) righthander from Lutz, Fla.. matured simultaneously in personality and pitching perspicacity. At Milwaukee's Triple-A Wichita farm (where he won 17, lost ten last year), Joey's temperament was forcibly improved through stern discipline. In 1956 he was socked with a $500 fine (later reduced to $250) for throwing his glove, stalking off the field and out of the park in disgust at an umpire's call. Last year, after a tongue-lashing from Wichita Manager Ben Geraghty for not trying hard enough, Jay took...
...could not manage to win consistently. Conley has yet to win a game. Rush did not finish a game in twelve straight starts. Buhl came up with a shoulder injury, has not pitched since May 13. But Manager Fred Haney's youngsters, carefully nurtured in the talent-rich farm system, were ready. The record at mid-August...
Juan Pizarro went to the Braves in 1957 with a big buildup after winning 23 games for the Class A farm club at Jacksonville. The easygoing lefthander from Puerto Rico had control trouble with his blazing fast ball, was sent to Wichita to broaden his line of pitches. Explains Pizarro in broken English: "I got screwie [screwball] now. Learn screwie from Ruben Gomez [of the Giants] in winter league in Puerto Rico. Use it all time now." Back with Milwaukee less than a month. 21-year-old Juan Pizarro parlayed his fast one and the "screwie" into three victories...
Should any of the youngsters falter, Milwaukee's fabulous farms are ready with still more hot prospects. Best of the lot: a pair of 22-year-olds at Wichita, Lefthander Vic Rehm (11-5, ERA 2.87) and Righthander Don Nottebart (4-7, ERA 4.50); and two southpaws at the Class AA Atlanta farm, Bob Hartman, 20 (18-9, ERA 2.55), and Ken MacKenzie, 24 (12-7, ERA 3.36). But Manager Haney thinks that he has all the varsity pitching he needs right now. Says he of his four young pitchers: "Each one pitches a helluva game every time...
...fourth major-league manager to bow out this year (the others: Detroit's Jack Tighe, Cleveland's Bobby Bragan, Philadelphia's Mayo Smith). Best bet to succeed him: fiery, onetime Big-League Infielder (Cubs, Dodgers, Braves, Giants, Cardinals) and Manager (Cardinals) Eddie Stanky. ¶ Calumet Farm's Tim Tarn, winner of the 1958 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, runner-up in the Belmont Stakes even though he fractured a sesamoid bone during the race, was judged incapable of carrying assigned racing weights despite successful corrective surgery, will be retired to stud in Lexington, Ky. Unplaced...