Don't feel to bad for Bouton. The Vancouver Mounties were headed to play in Hawaii. If you can't make it to the bigs playing in Hawaii isn't to shabby. Years later I was told that Benny DiStefano refused a late season call up to the Pirates, so he could stay in Hawaii. He said, "It's cold and dank in Pittsburgh and we've got it real good here". Needless to say the Pirates moved their minor league affiliate back to the lower 48 the following year. Triple A features 3 types of players. Young phenoms on their way up, old dogs on their way out trying to see if anything is left in the tank and career minor leaguers needed to round out rosters. Bouton is getting a lot of work, but worries that his release is emminent. Thankfully the knucker is dancing.Meanwhile the big club won a tight one over fellow expansion franchise, the KC Royals. KC is terrible, but they still found a way to score some runs and almost pull it out. I'm sure the Bulldog wasn't happy when he found out his bud Mike "Moon Man" Marshall got rocked for 7 runs. He did get the win, but giving up 7 runs and 10 hits in 7 2/3 innings is not what keeps you in the big leagues. Moon Man was a nickname Marshall got while playing for the Tigers organization, just like Hovley earned the "Orbit" nickname on the Pilots.
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