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Show WHAT THEY SAY o I I I r I Ml RPIIY I In mentioning pinch hitters the 'name of Eddie Murphy of the White I Sox stands around the top of the list, i Murphy believes that luck plays a big part In the pinch hitting game, lie says: "A good pinch hitter needs to have .the same qualifications as a good all-round all-round batter with Just a little some-I some-I thing extra. The little something, I iould say, Is coolness under fire, or ability to rise to the occasion. There ire .some m n who never do themselves them-selves Justice In a crisis. They seem to go to pieces. There are others who teact to an emergency and do even j better work than common. I must jadmlt that luck plas a more Important Import-ant part In pinch hitting than It does in th ordinal) b.itting average. As a Pinch hitter ou face the pitcher only once, and you either do or you don't (and have it all over with. The thing I object to most Is the plm h hitter usually vn to act pretty closely on the manager s orders No batter likes to act under orders, although he rec- |