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...Great Spitball Controversy is just a lot of people foaming at the mouth according to Oakland A's pitching coach Art Fowler...
...Everybody was moaning and groaning and complaining about us throwing spitters," Fowler said before the A's lost their seventh straight game Wednesday night, "but since we started losing nobody'd been saying nothing about spitters. We don't throw spitballs, but we've got four or five guys who throw the ball as hard as anybody...
Despite the losing streak, Fowler--who has worked under Billy Martin since 1969--says he's never seen the Bashful One happier...
...Billy's running his own show now," Fowler said. "He's manager and general manager, and he's finally got an owner who will listen to him. He's in the best situation...
...game at Fenway, Martin was still one away from his longest losing streak as manager, an eight-gamer with the 1973 Detroit Tigers (June 19-25). Despite a well-publicized blow-up earlier in the week, life isn't hard in the Oakland clubhouse these days, according to Fowler. "When Billy wins, he's always pushing and pushing, and doesn't let up. When he starts to lose a little bit, he backs...