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...Just about the only survival from baseball's rowdy youth is the "accidental" beanball, the close pitch that keeps a batter honest by forcing him back from the plate, that keeps him from taking a toehold and getting set to powder the ball. If the Phillies' Coach Whitlow Wyatt, who learned his baseball manners as one of Leo Durocher's Dodgers, had his way, Philly pitchers would put the brush-back pitch to constant use. "I think you ought to play it mean," says Whit, "like Durocher did. They ought to hate you on the field." Pitcher...
...BRIAN WHITLOW...
Dodgers. Strong in the outfield, weak in the infield, as usual. Star Pitchers Whitlow Wyatt and Rube Melton are both 1-A. Rookie pitcher: Tom Warren, veteran of Casablanca...
...Bums. The Brooklyns are comforted by the memory of how Cincinnati's Pitchers Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer defeated the power-hitting Detroit Tigers in last year's World Series. This year the Dodgers have the best pitching pair in the major leagues: calm 33-year-old Whitlow ("Whit") Wyatt and fiery 26-year-old Kirby Higbe, both sizzling right-handers who have won 22 games apiece. Besides, the Dodgers have crafty Curt Davis (curves) and Old Reliable Freddy Fitzsimmons (knuckle-ball...
That started a Dodger slump: they lost seven of their next ten games. Whitlow Wyatt, their best pitcher (when he strolls to the mound, some Dodger fan usually screams: "T'row it down d'eir t'roats, Whitelaw!"), lost three games in a row. Rookie Pete Reiser, who was leading the league in hitting, suddenly found it hard to connect. While Lippy's boys were losing nine out of twelve games, the Cardinals won nine out of twelve. Last week, St. Louis was on top by two full games. It looked like a dogfight...