Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dodgers' bat boy 15 years ago, sports a healthy batting average of .324, followed not far behind by young Leftfielder Bill Buckner. Jim Wynn, the "Toy Cannon," adds the power of 30 home runs and 99 RBis. And there is always iron-arm Mike Marshall in the bullpen...
...seeming nonchalance, Marshall is a serious student of baseball. He keeps his own personal "book" on every hitter in the league and reviews every pitch he throws during the season, noting its type and how well the batter handled it. Unlike most other relievers, who relax in the outfield bullpen during the early innings of a game, Marshall stays in the dugout where he can study opposing batters at close range...
...goes to MIT coach Fran O'Brien for leaving his starter Mike Royal in against Harvard through an inning, during which 11 Crimson batters faced the Engineer ace and banged out six hits for six runs to break the game open. And no one was even warming in the bullpen...
Harvard's Jim Harrell pitched well for seven full innings, allowing a mere three hits and one run while striking out six. But after giving up three straight singles and a run in the eighth, coach Loyal Park called Norm Walsh in from the bullpen to pick up the save...
...later, Ed Durso was hit by a pitch and George Greenwich was called from the Husky bullpen to get the final out. He got Jim Thomas to pop up in the infield and it looked as though the inning was finally over. But third baseman Mark McHugh dropped the ball in front of the plate and two more runs scored...