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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Who is gonna take it all
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 10:14:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 25 10:14:25 1984
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Ahh, the myth of the veteran!

Mike Torrez essentially said the same thing when he was released, that
the Mets were going to be sorry in September when they didn't have a
veteran pitcher. "In September", he said, "you'd see the real Mike
Torrez!". Well, I saw him in April, May, and June, and I didn't like
it.

The Mets starting rotation consists of three rookies (Fernandez,
Gooden, and Darling), a second-year man (Terrell), and a fourth-year
man (Berenyi). In 1969, the Mets had two rookies (Gentry and Ryan), a
second-year man (Koosman), and a third-year man (Seaver). I bet Cub
fans said the same thing then.

Also, the Cubs are far more vulnerable in the bullpen. "What happens
when Orosco has a bad spell?", the Cub fan asks. The Mets go to Sisk,
of course. The Cubs have no comparable second reliever if Lee Smith
should lose it for a week or two.

					David Rubin
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