RIP: Clem Labine

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/sports/baseball/03labine.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Another one of my childhood heroes is gone. Labine help define the role of the bullpen specialist.

Clem Labine, a native of Woonsocket RI, was of French Canadian heritage. Though the Brooklyn Dodgers top farm club at the time was the Montreal Royals, Labine never pitched here.

 

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Thanks for reporting on this rumple. While I was never a Dodgers fan I remember him well from those great World Series games in the mid-50's. Started with the Dodgers and finished with the Mets. From Dem Bums to the Lovable Losers.

 

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In 1956, the Dodgers managed only 7 hits over the final three games. The only win of the 3 was Labine's ten inning masterpiece in game 6. While the Dodgers only got 4 hits in that game, they scored its only run in the bottom of the 10th.

The day after this game, they lost 9-0 to Johnny Kucks 3 hitter. The game before, in Yankee Stadium, they lost to Don Larsen, who also pitched a pretty good game against the slumping Bums.