Judging by the picture; oh, happy man....veteran entering his last big league season....came out
of the Twins organization a decade earlier....never really got an established
role but did pitch well at times....had a nice albeit short stint in 1963with 4-1
record, 2.57 ERA....could not follow up in 1964....demoted to AAA as Twins went
to World Series 1965....comeback a long struggle....got in 35 inning 1967 for
Twins, 61 in ’68 in full season...sold to Oakland next season...responded by
having best campaign going 5-1 with 2.19 ERA....next two season held his own
but workload was halved as the A’s bullpen developed...could not get untracked
in 1972, a drifter for 3 teams, A’s, Yankees, and Texas....released thereafter
with no comeback attempt....passed away in 2010.
Jim must have just witnessed one of the Oakland A's Ball girls bending over to pick up a Ball.....Ha!
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