Word: jim
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...rest of the Yankee lincup is not particularly awesome. Besides Ford and stottlemyre, the other New York starting pitchers are Jim Bouton (18-13) and Al Downing (13-8). Bouton will have a good season, but Downing has always been wild and erratic. Although he led the league in strikeouts last year, the southpaw fastballer walked 120 men in 244 innings. The New York bullpen is totally inadequate, with nonentities like Pete Mikkelson, Hal Reniff, and Stan Williams...
...homers), Jimmie Hall (.283, 24 homers), and Earl Battey (.272, 12 homers). But the Twins had all these sluggers last year, and still finished in sixth place, a living testimony to the maxim that pitching is 75 per cent of baseball. Only Camilo Pascual (15-12) and Jim Kaat (17-11) had decent seasons, and unless Minnesota comes up with another reliable pitcher, they won't be able to finish higher than fifth...
Coach Norm Shepard took the team south with one thought in mind: find pitchers. But the only solid pitching prospect to emerge from the trip was 6-4 righthander John Scott, who combined with sophomore Jim McCandlish to shut out Virginia. Scott worked a total of 19 innings, winning one and losing one with an ERA of 2.35, Scott struck out 10 men in his three appearances...
...team's hitting a pre-season "strong" point, became another headache for Shepard. Third-baseman Jim Tobin, who led the Crimson last season with a 351 average, hit .333 on the tour, but the other averages on the team were dismal. Outfielder George Neville hit .227, and short stop Tom Bilodeau, with a .158 average, led the team with a paltry four RBI's, Falcone's 250 mark was second best for the trip...
Sophomore Jim Melfa is slated to start on the mound against Springfield at 3 p.m. today in the squad's first home game. Shepard plans to use Scott and Kent Mitchell, the pitching staff's only returning lettermen, in the Greater Boston League opener against Boston University here Wednesday...