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Then I opened my bible, the Record-American yesterday, and I couldn't believe my eyes. Minnesota manager Sam Mele apparently switched around his entire pitching rotation. After Mudcat Grant (21-7) starts the first game, he'll go all the way with lefthanders. That means Jim Kaat (18-11) pitches the second game and, instead of Camilo Pascual, Jim Merritt (5-4 since coming up from Deaver in July) may go in the third...
...form after his operation. Since returning this month he has been his usual self only once, in a complete-game one-run performance against Washington, Pascual in top shape is a pitcher in the Koufax-Drysdale class; without him the Twins have no such pitcher. They only bought Mudcat Grant because they never could beat him, and 21 wins or no 21 wins, his E.R.A. reads 3:30, the highest of any pitcher who will start in the Series. He has walked 99 men this year, also more than any other starter for either club...
...greatest improvement came where it was needed most: on the mound. Under the coaching of Curve Baller John Sain, formerly with the Boston Braves, the Twins' pitchers have performed remarkably well: Jim Perry, with a new breaking curve in his repertoire, has six wins, no losses; Jim "Mudcat" Grant has won nine games and lost three; Camilo Pascual's record is 8-2. There is some notable talent in Mele's bullpen, too. "Last year we'd go into the late innings with a lead and we couldn't hold onto it," he says...
...opposing players-well, that is just too much to ask. One day, recalls Power, the Twins were debating the merits of Cleveland Pitcher Mudcat Grant. "Tony say, 'Who is this Mudcat? Who is Mudcat?' I tell him, 'Why, you just got two hits off him.' Tony just smile. He don't know Mudcat. He don't know Bob Feller. He don't know Ty Cobb. He don't know nothing. He just smile and show that gold tooth...
...division. There is a strong possibility that the Indians' pitching staff, long the envy of the majors, will fold completely. Herb Score has never been the same since Gil McDougald bounced a line drive off his eyeball, and paunchy Mike Garcia is about through. Other mound hopefuls Gary Bell, Mudcat Grant and Cal McLish will not inspire much fear in the opposition...