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...there is an undistinguished troupe: in-and-out Al Worthington (8-5), flashy but unsteady Mike McCormick (7-1), and Junkballer Stu Miller, whose slow stuff is so slow that Announcer Russ Hodges once cracked: "There's one that almost turned around and went back." A pennant-contender club needs three solid starters, and the missing man is Righthander Ruben Gomez, a 15-game winner last year who has been blasted consistently in recent starts. Of his rickety pitching staff, Rigney says hopefully: "All they have to do is go out there and hold 'em for awhile, because...
...Food and pennant concessions, as well as program sales, will be included under the new arrangement. In the past, a catering service has handled the refreshments and the Harvard Athletic Association hired ushers and program sellers. It is expected that the HSA-coordinated operation will allow some students to work at more than one job at the stadium, and net about $15 a game...
Following the lead of most of the major league clubs, the varsity baseball team opens its regular 1958 season this afternoon. While the Yankees begin their pennant defense in Fenway Park, while the Giants and Dodgers act out a transplanted rivalry in San Francisco, the Crimson nine will be out in Medford facing Tufts...
...Searching desperately for a power hitter to bat them into pennant contention, the Pittsburgh Pirates decided to gamble on the strong arms and weak back of the Cincinnati Redlegs' First Baseman Ted Kluszewski. Although a slipped disk kept Big Klu out of action most of last summer, and his batting average fell from his 1954 high of .326 to a low of .268, the Pirates took him in an even trade for their own healthier, steady-hitting (.313) Dee Fondy...
...writers from voting unanimously to give Milwaukee's great lefthander, 'Warren Spahn, the Cy Young award as best pitcher in the majors. But by the 15-1 tally, Spahn was a shoo-in. At 36, he shows no sign of tiring. While pitching the Braves to the pennant, he won 21 games, lost only 11, equaled a National League record for lefthanders by finishing his eighth season with 20 or more victories...