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nearly ended his career.
pitcher is no good if he walks all the enemy
batters. For a while, Herb threatened to do
just that. In 1953, pitching for the Reading,
Pa., club in the Eastern League, he walked
126 men in 98 innings, for an average of 12
per nine-inning game. But in 1954, at In
dianapolis, the Indians' top farm club, he
suddenly found the touch. He won 22 games
and lost only five as he struck out the awe
some total of 330 batters and walked only 140
in 251 innings of pitching. He was ready for
his shot at the big time.
Herb's 16 victories in 1955 and 20 in 1956
showed exactly how ready he was. Then
Lady Luck turned her back on him again in
'57 and he was at the crisis of his career. He
had plenty of people rooting for him his
mother; hisyoung wife Nancy, whom he had
married two months after the accident; his
pal Rocky Colavito; the fans and the sports
writers; and even Gil McDougald, who had
suffered bitter remorse ever since the ball
had crashed off his bat into Herb's eye.
Rocky, Cleveland's newest slugging hero,
was a big help to Herb. The two boys had
been together at Reading and Indianapolis,
and they became inseparable. Rocky worked
out with Herb, and even more important,
encouraged him constantly. In the Spring of
1958, during one of their sessions in Tucson,
Ariz., Herb became convinced that Rocky
was deliberately trying to hit the ball away
from him to help him regain his confidence.
"Come on," he jeered, "this isn't doing me
any good. You get a cigar if you hit me
When the inflamed elbow and his resultant
retirement ruined that season for him, Herb
turned to 1959 with new determination. As
the season began, he pitched well in one
game and badly in another. Then he was sent
against the Yankees on Saturday, May 2,
just about two years since the day he had
been hit. Gil McDougald was still in there
swinging for the Yanks, along with Yogi
Berra, Mickey Mantle, and the rest of Casey
Stengel's wrecking crew. Baseball men in
every city paused to watch, and wonder. Did
Score still have it? He had it, and then some!
Pitching with all his old-time speed and
skill, Herb struck out 13 Yankee hitters, gave
only six hits in working the complete game,
and won handily, 5-2.
One game doesn't make a season, but that
particular game meant a lot to Herb Score.
It meant that he still had his stuff. Even
more important, it may have meant that the
luck of Herb Score is improving.
It's about time it did.
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