Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...page story about Richie Allen putting his hand through a headlight while trying to push his car, thus ending the Phillies' season before it began. And how about the untold number of games lost in the seventh inning as Manager Gene Mauch motioned arsonist after arsonist in from the bullpen? I would snap off the radio rather than listen to that last painful "...going, gone" of an opponent's homerun, vowing never to turn it on again. And then I would sneak the radio back on again, to spite myself, and catch the Phils' non-existent rally...
...last major league appearance in 1959, Ted Williams drilled a line drive into the right-field bullpen for a home run, capping one of the greatest careers either the park or the game had ever seen. The crowd erupted in hysteria; but, then, this was mad, sensuous Fenway...
...symphony began in the first inning, when Fred Lynn smashed a three-run homer over the right-field bullpen, just past the spot where Williams had hit his final blast. The Reds hit a few forte notes themselves, though, and by the seventh inning they held a 6-3 lead to go with their 3-2 lead in the Series...
...took over the team in July of last year, he found a talented but badly divided club of disgruntled veterans and confused younger players. "I held more meetings than Henry Kissinger my first month here," Herzog says. His biggest success has been in stabilizing the pitching staff, especially the bullpen. There, Steve Mingori, a 32-year-old reliever who credits acupuncture for the first pain-free season of his career, has the cunning and toughness under pressure of his breed. His righthanded counterpart, Mark Littell, 23, is a flaky rookie known as "Air Head," who has been anything but airy...
Once at the ballpark, one must decide where to sit: a) behind the Red Sox bullpen where one can listen to the pearls of wisdom of the verbose relief staff; b) Over the center field wall in spitting and jeering distance of Fred Lynn; c) behind those three blondes in the tight shirts over in the right field corner...