A Once-Proud Rotation Is Spinning Its Wheels
''And they missed just one start,'' [Dave Johnson] said. ''One start for the five of them. Bobby Ojeda had a little tenderness in his elbow in September, so I thought it'd be better to skip a turn before the playoffs.'' ''[Roger McDowell] was go...
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New York, N.Y
New York Times Company
21.09.1987
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| ISSN: | 0362-4331 |
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| Shrnutí: | ''And they missed just one start,'' [Dave Johnson] said. ''One start for the five of them. Bobby Ojeda had a little tenderness in his elbow in September, so I thought it'd be better to skip a turn before the playoffs.'' ''[Roger McDowell] was gone six weeks, so I couldn't flash the 'sinker' sign. Doc came back on June 5, but I had to ask: Is he the same Doc? We had to work a couple of innings every time he started just to see what was working best. [Aggie] came back in August, and his best pitch was always the slider, but it's also the pitch that hurt his elbow. So, I had to go more with his curveball.'' ''I might have trouble telling you who's going to pitch next Wednesday,'' said Johnson, nearing the end of his long and worrisome season. ''But I can tell you this: On the last weekend in St. Louis, everybody who can still walk will pitch.'' |
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| ISSN: | 0362-4331 |