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...pitchers who really deserved the medals. During an early-season ten-game winning streak, five rookie pitchers had accounted for five victories. Most outstanding was Sam Nahem (rhymes with mayhem), who pitched a three-hitter in his first big-league game, chalked up three more victories in three more starts...
...Nahem is no Bob Feller, but he is one of the most extraordinary of this year's freshman pitchers. Big, begoggled, 25, he has an LL.B. degree from St. John's University, passed the New York bar examinations last year. On the mound, Nahem has the cunning of a prosecuting attorney. His best ball is a slider (a deceptive fast ball that sneaks up on the batter, then suddenly slides away from his bat). He throws his curves both sidearm and overhand: sidearm to right-handed hitters, overhand to lefties...
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