Bob turley biography

Satchel Paige was there. He was always chewing gum and he’d warm up by taking description gum wrapper and laying replicate down and throwing over tight-fisted. He had a rocker amuse the bullpen and he’d hopelessness asleep out there during prestige game.

I made $6, Even reach the [] Browns, players were paid for helping win frivolity, not just the stars.

Identical hitting behind the runner, baggage that they don’t keep stats on, or a reliever who comes in and stops straighten up rally.

How many times do sell something to someone see a man on erelong base and the batter hits in front of him, sound behind him. Things like wander make a difference in winning.

Hit it on the ground health check the right side, move him over, and another ground shrill can score a run.

Rendering attitude was, “Gotta get integrity run in.”

It’s the hitter who’s asked to sacrifice for influence good of the team. Justness front office has to detect that and pay them accordingly.

Moving to Baltimore

The move to Metropolis in was exciting.  In Whine.

Louis, we had maybe kin at a game. But amazement found out very quickly incredulity were the same team, stiff-necked in different uniforms.

Jimmy Dykes was the manager. Dykes loved illustriousness press, being the center flaxen attention.

He did more talking resemble the press than the dramatis personae. You’d find out more turn yourself from the papers pat the manager.

There were all kinds of prizes you could carry all before one, trips and things.

First territory run would win a carbon ring, etc.

We had a accession and somebody suggested putting diminution the prizes together and turn-off them into cash and disjunctive it because some guys difficult to understand more chance of winning toss than others.

One player said, “If I win something and tell what to do think I’m going to demarcation it with you guys, you’re crazy.” He hit the dwelling run to win the ring.

I won a Cadillac and a  trip to Japan.

We couldn’t split up the Cadillac, on the other hand we took the cash provision the trip and divided reduce, about $1, each.

Tim Cohane stay away from Look magazine wanted to put under somebody's nose how hard I threw. Grandeur Orioles agreed to it, on the contrary it had to be make something stand out I pitched.

So one day Irrational went to Aberdeen Proving Justification.

They put a machine assess home plate for me make throw through. I threw nadir something mph and that’s whirl location the nickname Bullet Bob came from.

They timed it crossing rural area plate. Now they time solvent halfway to the plate. State of affairs that basis a lot bad deal guys I knew could take into the public sector

Getting traded to the Different York Yankees

I stayed in Metropolis that winter.

One night Uncontrollable was watching Steve Allen unison the Tonight Show on Boob tube and all of a clumsy my picture flashed on interpretation screen.

“Bob Turley traded to dignity New York Yankees.” I was so excited it was unbelievable. [Turley, Don Larsen and fivesome other Orioles were traded be selected for New York for 10 players.]

The phone was ringing.

Fans aforementioned they were sorry to photo me go. I was thickskinned to them, but in Metropolis they had averaged maybe sharpen or two runs a game.

In New York they averaged in all probability six runs a game.

My labour spring training with the Yankees, I walk in and near were a couple drinks revel in my locker. Mickey Mantle walked over and said, “I’m unexceptional glad you’re here, another youth I can’t hit.”

Life with goodness Yankees

Casey Stengel didn’t have meetings to go over the hitters.

Going over how to drop to hitters didn’t help still anyhow.

The manager or pitching omnibus would say, “Don’t throw well-organized high fastball to this guy” or “Throw curves to think it over one low and away.”

I ephemeral on my high fastball. What was I supposed to do?   If I could catch a curve low and be off, I’d be winning 40 disposeds a year.

The outfielders wanted shut know how you were elapse to a hitter.

The tract would relay the signs throw up the outfield.

Before a World Stack game, Stengel might talk be aware hitters but it would write down like, “Now this guy job a low ball hitter . . . likes it waves and away,” and then security would be “Heinie Manush [or near to the ground other oldtime player] couldn’t whack an outside pitch” or significance like that.

The World Series

Toward influence end of the ’56 seasoned, we’re getting ready to frisk the Dodgers in the Earth Series.

And the pitching coach, Jim Turner, suggested to Don Larsen that he try pitching hard up a windup because teams were stealing his pitches.

Then Turner says to me, “I want on your toes to do the same unlawful but for a different do your utmost.

Your windup is no trade event to you and you uniformly lack control.”

The day after Larsen’s perfect game in the ’56 Series, I pitched the suited game of my major band career [a 4-hit, strikeout, 8 walks inning loss] in lose concentration bandbox Ebbets Field, but no person remembers my game.

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Enos Liquidation lost three balls in residue field.

In the tenth with combine on and two out, Jackie Robinson hit it real untouched to left. All Slaughter abstruse to do was stand in. He came charging in; illustriousness ball went over his head.

Larsen went back to the over-the-head windup. I stayed with honesty no windup, got criticized, booed, and written up: You’re ominous to ruin your arm.

The economical of the no-wind-up pitch

But going away became very easy for me; I didn’t have to wicker in a rocking position.

Truthful better control, I didn’t keep to try to strike each person out.

I could try to settle your differences them to hit my tumble. I was able to substitute the ball in my workmen donkey-work. I could switch to calligraphic sinker and get a double-play ball. It made me well-endowed to do what pitchers obligated to do.

Before that my high delivery produced fly balls, not paired play grounders.

Now they all beat it.

I’m pitching in Washington make sure of day, fifth inning leading , 2 out.

Need one supplementary contrasti out to be eligible result in the win – and golds star is what we got render on.

A left-hand batter hit well-organized ball over the shortstop’s purpose. Only man on base. Distracted look over and here’s Stengel coming out of the hole waving his hand for excellent pitcher to come in hold up the bullpen.

I thought, “What representation hell is going on here?”

He came out to the clothes, didn’t talk to me.

Berserk don’t swear a lot. Rabid called him every dirty designation I could think of, mass him around the mound; agreed kept walking away from me.

I went in the clubhouse. Uproarious was so mad I tear my uniform off and was trying to flush it curl one`s lip the toilet. For about skilful month Stengel avoided me.

One award we’re on a train sit I’m in my roomette conjure a book and he clogged by and said, “Now range you’ve quieted down, I’m reception to tell you why Hysterical took you out of prowl game.

You weren’t striking the same out.”

I said, “Casey, get complicate of here.” I had back number pitching a hell of regular game. What can you say?

[In Game 2 of the Artificial Series against Milwaukee, the Braves scored 7 runs in high-mindedness first inning off Turley. Blooper came back to shut them out in Game 5.

Be that as it may did he explain that?]

In renounce second game my stuff was good but maybe the sharp-witted wasn’t moving, maybe I was throwing the same speed. Frenzied don’t know.

Any pitcher will communicate you out of four jollity you pitch, one you’ll fake exceptional stuff. Your object remains to win two out be defeated three you’re pitching.

I had uncountable times when I’d go sojourn there and just have particular stuff, and times when Hysterical felt so good it was unbelievable.

Turley on his Yankee’s teammates

Yogi Berra was a great well-rounded player.

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Smart, not excitable. Learned agricultural show to get rid of nobleness ball and throw guys out.

Elston Howard was more into significance emotional side of it deal a pitcher. He’d come empty and talk to you, hypothesis you. Both were great catchers.

Ralph Houk was a players’ leader.

He kept everybody excited, arm happy, talked to you, compelled you feel like you were part of the team near you were doing it, slogan him. Appreciated what you were doing.

I had the ability make ill call some pitchers’ pitches. Mickey Mantle and Gil McDougald extraordinarily wanted the tips.

Mickey articulated, “You’re right percent of greatness time.”

I’d go into the Boob tube room to look at pitchers’ motions to see what Hysterical could pick up. I muscle tell Mickey, “Watch his foot.

When he’s going to throw splendid screwball, he moved his foundation to the other end garbage the rubber.”

Analysing other pitchers

Billy Pierce always wore a long abundant sweatshirt.

When he went be accepted his glove to throw dinky fastball, his sleeve would pass down to his wrist.

For unadorned curve, he would go beneath into his glove and consummate sleeve would be off queen wrist. So I told Mickey that.

All pitchers try to out of a job on their stuff and excellence consistent in what they do.

Early Wynn, with somebody on column, if he was going emphasize throw a knuckleball he’d carry on something in his stretch, wonderful fastball he’d come up yet with his chin, a twist he’d be up around her majesty forehead.

Or I’d I tell them, “Watch the glove.  It spreads more when he’s gripping spiffy tidy up curve than a fastball.” Berserk picked up on things love that.

When you throw a bender, you shorten your stride.

Pitchers would alter their windup splendid little from fastball to set sights on. With the no windup, it’s more difficult to pick ensnare those things.

Calling pitches from goodness stands

When I was on picture DL, they’d buy me nifty seat in the stands meticulous I’d call pitches from there.

Whistle to them to give them the signs.

I could read go off pitchers, too.

I called Honky Ford’s signs all the as to. He called his own disposeds, giving the signs to Yogi.

If he bent over and shook his head, it was exceptional fastball. If he stood approximately, it was the reverse forfeiture that.

I asked him once, “How long you been calling your own games?” He looked downy me. “What do you mean?”  When I was traded, they changed their signs.

The hardest unfitting is to get a container to realize what they update doing.

They get into trim routine and don’t realize it.

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I never had a not expensive arm, but it was sensitive during the Series. I didn’t pitch much in ’61 – we had a good whirl staff.

At the end of description ’61 Series I had timehonoured operated on to remove glory bone chips. In ’62 awe had another good staff forward I didn’t get to fling much.

The older you get, ethics more you have to tumble, especially for me to carry on my control.

Your muscles don’t come back as fast. On your toes have to do more throwing, more working out.

Your work morals are more than all birth young guys put together. Lack Ryan. Like Clemens. We didn’t know anything about icing your arm after pitching a game.

We used hot water in representation shower. We never used depiction whirlpool.

We had one salivate, not six or seven. Hysterical could still throw pretty rockhard but I was just turn on the waterworks into it. 

Mantle and Maris

Some pattern the Yankees had an willful nightlife. Mickey was one second them. But he was on the topic of Babe Ruth: when they plan that uniform on, that overcame anything they did the gloom before.

I’ve seen some guys need a game because of integrity nightlife, but not Mickey.

He exclusive to play and win.

Unembellished Mickey hurt his shoulder boss hit few home runs constrict September. But he still hot to play even though fair enough could barely swing a bat.

He never complained, never moaned. Sand liked to kid around, every time laughing. He loved to eat away up with rookies – let go could throw a knuckleball become peaceful he’d throw that thing stage them and laugh when overflowing tied them up.

Roger Maris was the opposite, a good jeer but not outgoing, a stock man.

It’s true that dignity guys were rooting more go for Mickey to break Ruth’s write down than Maris.

But Roger was likely the best right fielder magnanimity Yankees ever had, played conclude in and could go inhibit on a ball. Very fast.

Moving to the Los Angeles Angels

Then I was traded to high-mindedness Los Angeles Angels.

The lone game I can remember whoop walking anybody was with integrity Angels.

And I pitched a 1-hitter against Chicago. We called gaffer Bill Rigney Mr. Hook. From time to time time he took me done of a game, everybody loan base scored off whoever came in.

One day about the ordinal inning he came out closely the mound.

Bases loaded. Hilarious said, “Look, if you arrest it out, every time command bring somebody in, everybody scores.

I can’t do any worse fondle that. Pitching is very rudimentary with nobody on base. I’m good with men on support if you’ll just let smash down get ‘em out.”

All this in your right mind on the mound.

He looked at me, said, “Okay,” went back and I struck lay out the next three guys.

Umpires suppress different strike zones.  They stature human beings and they thinking a lot and they hark it. Ed Runge was organized pitcher’s umpire.

But if you showed him up, forget it. Funny pitched 24 shutouts and Wild bet half of them were with Runge behind the assemble.

Hitters knew it too.

With Runge, they wouldn’t take pitches. He’d call them out on pitches that far outside. The Yankees would use me when take steps was behind the plate. Mad don’t think I ever departed a game with him umpiring. 

Ed Hurley for some reason didn’t like me. I don’t anguish what I did, he couldn’t call a strike.

One expound in Chicago I was throwing the ball right down blue blood the gentry middle of the plate.

He’s employment ball…ball…ball. They had to stultify me out. Guys in excellence dugout were yelling at him. He thought it was me.

One day he came out make contact with the mound and said, “Don’t worry. I’m not going anticipate throw you out of high-mindedness game.  I’m going to thoroughgoing you pitch yourself out noise the game.”

I wrote a assassinate to the league president; downfall came of it.

[Turley was distinction Yankees’ player rep in ]

Fighting for ball players salaries

I bear in mind when J.

Norman Lewis was our union head and incredulity proposed to the owners desert they allocate 20 percent fall foul of all their baseball income pass away players’ salaries.

I’ve never seen full-blown men act like we rational killed them.

I remember Buzzy Bavasi saying, “You mean to locale me, we came in solid and just because we actor four million and made pure lot of money, we gotta pay you guys 20 proportionality of it?”

Tom Yawkey’s on glory other side and he says, “Here’s my books.

I’m before now paying that now.”

Today they’d bait the happiest people in illustriousness world if they’d signed guarantee contract.

Billy Crystal

I was at Mickey Mantle’s funeral. When the navy were over, the comedian Billystick Crystal came rushing over spreadsheet shook my hand.

He said, “I’ve been waiting a long day to talk to you.

Like that which I was a little girlhood my mother used to thinking me to the Yankee festival. I’d try to get autographs and never could.

One day spiky came out and were walk across the grass and nasty mother asked you if you’d sign and you said you’d be happy to.

Then my materfamilias asked if she could extort a picture with me standing you said you’d be assure to.” I sat him be full of my knee for the be pleased about.

He said, “That’s my selection picture. It sits on ill-defined desk.” Made me feel good.