Word: koosman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Meet Jerry Koosman, 24. "I haven't had this much fun since my third-grade picnic," says Koosman, a slightly flaky 6-ft. 3-in., 205-lb. farmboy from Appleton, Minn. (pop. 3,000), who had seen only two major-league games before he first took the mound for the Mets, and whose performance so far this spring is startling even to his manager. "I wish I could take credit for him," said a dazed Gil Hodges, after Koosman posted a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros last week...