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Baseball Magic
1 Article 32 Baseball MagicGeorge GmelchOn each pitching day for the first threemonths of a winning season, DennisGrossini, a pitcher on a Detroit Tiger farmteam, arose from bed at exactly 10:00 1:00 he went to the nearest res-taurant for two glasses of iced tea and atuna sandwich. Although the afternoonwas free, he changed into the sweatshirtand supporter he wore during his last win-ning game, and, one hour before thegame, he chewed a wad of Beech-Nutchewing tobacco. After each pitch duringthe game he touched the letters on his uni-form and straightened his cap after eachball. Before the start of each inning he re-placed the pitcher s resin bag next to thespot where it was the inning before.
fielders tagging bases, pitchers tugging on their caps or touching the resin bag af-ter each bad pitch, or smoothing the dirt on the mound before each new batter or inning, never realizing the importance of these actions to the player. The one ritual many fans do recognize, largely because it’s a favorite of TV cameramen, is the
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