Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then Blue, who was only 6-10 this season after a lengthy spring holdout, came out of the bullpen to work the final four innings and wrap up the victory...
...that power, it is pitching, which has been surprisingly good so far, that may well be the key to the Mets' season. Top Starter Tom Seaver (who won seven of his first eight decisions) and Bullpen Ace Tug McGraw are producing as anticipated, and the Mets have been getting unexpectedly strong performances from Rookie Jon Matlack (who won his first five). With the strongest lineup the team has ever had, Berra has a good chance to take the Mets into their second World Series in his first year as their manager...
...UMass pitching staff went into the weekend with a combined E.R.A. of 0.87, but coach Richard Bergquist sent eight pitchers into action in the two games with Connecticut, and he doesn't expect much help from his bullpen today. Sophomore righthander John Olson will be starting, with a record of 4-2 and an E.R.A. of 1.67. He was the losing pitcher in Saturday's game...
...seven sophomores in the starting line-up reflected Penn's recent drive for hegemony in Ivy League sports, and every time coach Bob Seddon went to his bullpen he defied Pascal's laws of probability as no less than five different left-handed pitchers paraded before Crimson batters during the afternoon...
...catch the spirit of the program. Improving on his 14-15 record with the last-place Padres, he ended the season with a 20-8 record. Even so, the other three pitchers were so effective in their sweep of Oakland that Dobson sat out the playoffs in the bullpen...