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...three in Portland, Ore., his tricycle collided with a motorcycle, which crushed his left shoulder. Although the shoulder healed properly, the doctor gave Mickey throwing exercises to strengthen his arm. The exercises worked so well that now, at 31, Lolich is baseball's premier lefthanded hurler. As for the bikes: "My mother hated motorcycles, so naturally I had to have...
...Series victories over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968 -was virtually lost in the glare of McLain's 31 victories that season. In 1971, Lolich won 25 games and struck out 308 batters, tops in either league. He also pitched 376 innings (the most by a major league hurler in 55 years) and threw 29 complete games (the most by an American League pitcher since 1946). So who won the 1971 Cy Young Award as the league's outstanding pitcher? Oakland's highly publicized Vida Blue...
...third. Thomas converted the play to an out at second, but Rick Wolff overthrew first in the attempted double play. Two unearned runs scored, shaving the Harvard lead to one run. Reliever Norm Walsh was called upon to stop the rally, and a strong job by the sophomore hurler extinguished the threat. Walsh finished up the game with an easy ninth inning...
Balquist is sending captain Downs against the Crimson this afternoon. The 5-11, 175-pound lefthander was the Lions' top hurler last year, posting a 2-0 record, with a 1.85 earned run average, for a 7-11 sound. His 2.17 earned run average in the Eastern League was fifth in the conference...
...heyday of the hitter, Vida Blue's success is all the more remarkable. It also points out one of the happy paradoxes of the game: while many fans prefer the action of a double rattling off the wall, just as many dote on that subtle little duel between hurler and hitter. Baseball has its troubles?shaky franchises, feuding owners, player dissents?but as long as its basic appeals thrive, so too will the game...