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From: douglas@noscvax.UUCP (Douglas S. Dickerson)
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Subject: Re: Walt Terrell
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 19:51:37 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 19:51:37 1985
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	I couldn't agree more on the mental aspects of baseball, which is
one reason I was so dismayed to hear that both Roger Craig and Gates Brown 
are not returning to the Tigers.  Besides teaching the split-fingered 
fastball, Craig exerted a fatherly, steadying influence on the mood swings 
of immature Jack Morris or the paranoid fantasies of Juan Berenguer.  (For 
the interested, see "Inside Pitch", Roger Craig's diary on the Tiger's 1984 
season.)  Also, Alan Trammell and other Tigers have credited their 
emergence as batters to the unorthodox hitting method taught by Gates 
Brown.
	Furthermore, ballplayers (like the rest of us) can remain distracted 
for long periods for seemingly unprofessional reasons.  Quiet Larry 
Herndon's subpar year in '84 (.280, 7HR, 43RBI vs. .302 20HR, 92RBI in '83 
and .292, 23HR, 88RBI in '82) has been blamed on loneliness caused by the 
absence (ala free-agency) of his good buddy Enos Cabell.  Now that Kirk 
Gibson has finally actualized a portion of his storied potential, I'm 
fearful the absence (ala free-agency) of his partner-in-crime Dave Rozema 
will have a similar effect on Gibson's performance.
-- 
	Doug Dickerson  UUCP !sdcsvax!noscvax!douglas  MILNET douglas@nosc