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Obviously, manager Ralph Houk will give a good, long look to those who have pitched well in the majors, like southpaw John Tudor (8-5, 3.02 in Boston last year) and vet Skip Lockwood. He'll also be inspecting perennial prospects Win Reramerswaal and Keith MacWhorter, neither of whom made it big in their short stints in Massachusetts last year...
...shocked if the camp phenom turns out to be a young pitcher. There is more untested talent throwing on Winter haven hills this spring than this organization has seen in a long while, and given the starting-over tenor of the squad this year, Houk may turn to a youngster for his tenth pitcher...
Tanana's arm, Carney Lansford's glasses and the invisible man, Cariton Fisk, will make the news in the next few weeks, but the squad's chances in baseball's toughest division may depend on just who Houk chooses for that last spot...
...next six weeks, Sullivan and new manager Ralph Houk--who still had Lynn, Fisk, and Rick Burleson penciled in his opening day lineup when he accepted the job--will have to reconstruct a team that has not shown flashes of a winning attitude since September '79. Carney Lansford, acquired in the Burleson trade, will help, but the muddle up the middle (Hoffman? Nichols? Miller?) caused a recent caller to a Boston talk show to remark that "every ground ball hit over second base will turn into a triple...
...Lobel and play-by-play man Ken Harrelson are only two of the media figures who have openly criticized the regime. These things don't show up in the pre-season ticket sales ("We're only running behind one percent")--part-owner Buddy LeRoux) but unless Houk or Frank Tanana is a magician, the empty seats will be there come April...