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From: priebe@noscvax.UUCP (Carey E. Priebe)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Champs with Pitching Problems
Message-ID: <977@noscvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:59:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:59:44 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 07:49:13 EDT
Reply-To: priebe@cod.UUCP (Carey E. priebe)
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Although my Tigers won better than 195 games the last two years, and trounced
the entire majors last year, they had *serious* pitching problems to deal with.
It's hard to imagine that such a powerful team could have just two starting
pitchers better than *Juan Berenguer* after such a fabulous two-year stretch.
Had they not aquired Walt Terrell (a Godsend) I don't see how, even with a 
big five of Trammell, Whitaker, Gibson, Parrish, & Evans (he's come around),
they could be challenging.  
Now, however, Sparkey's group is ready to go on a tear.  In case you haven't
heard, Frank Tanana pitched 7 innings of shutout ball last night.  He should 
give us a fourth starter (lefty, too) who, in conjunction with Petry, Morris,
and Terrell, finishes out one of the best rotations in the majors.
My point, or one of them, is this.  The Tigers' front office certainly played
heads-up ball in filling out a rotation that had a fabulous nucleus but lacked 
depth sorely.
Thanx Texas & NYMets.

				cp

When the going gets tough, the tough remember '76, when Detroit lost 19 straight

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Carey Priebe
mail: priebe@cod.UUCP