Affeldt's time as a starter did not go well, though, as he was 0 – 4 with a 5. 45 ERA in seven starts.

Affeldt's final start of the year came on July 23, in a game he won against Minnesota.

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

During this time, Anderson became known as " Captain Hook " for his penchant for taking out a starting pitcher at the first sign of weakness and going to his bullpen, relying heavily on closers Will McEnaney and Rawly Eastwick.

Before Fingers ' time, a former starter's renewed success in the bullpen would have led back to a spot in the starting rotation ; but since the successes of not only Fingers but also contemporaries such as Sparky Lyle and Goose Gossage, it has been widely accepted that an excellent pitcher might actually provide a greater benefit to his team as a closer than as a third or fourth starter.

Originally considered a starter, Quantrill eventually found consistency as a reliever after several years of splitting time between the bullpen and the starting rotation for several teams.

In 1889, the first bullpen appearance occurred after rules were changed to allow a player substitution at any time.

After the emergence of Donnie Moore in 1985, he divided his time in the bullpen as a middle reliever or set-up man.

In 2000, Foulke again was an important piece of the White Sox bullpen, however, Bob Howry entered the season as the team's primary closer, though Foulke was seeing more and more time closing out games, and by April's end he had recorded 4 saves ( in 1999, he didn't notch a save until June ).

Adams signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies for the season as a starting pitcher before ultimately being returned full time to the bullpen.

Although Kaat would pitch a few games a year out of the bullpen, he was primarily a starting pitcher until, when he became a relief pitcher in a season in which he split time between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees.

Ray became a mainstay in the Atlanta bullpen that season and even served as the team's closer for a time.

By the time Kirk Gibson reached his locker after Game 1, bullpen coach Mark Cresse had written " R. HOBBS " on a piece of paper and taped it over Gibson's nameplate, which was in reference to Gibson's heroics mirroring those of the fictional slugger played by Robert Redford in The Natural.

The ball was hit so hard and deep that Gionfriddo, already playing deep, did not have time to turn around, literally having to " back-back-back "- pedal to snare the ball just in front of the bullpen-alley fence, near the marker posted to the center field side of the bullpen alley ( the sign on the left field side of the alley was posted as 402 ).

The Reds, leading the National League wildcard race at the time of the trade, sought bullpen help through the trade.

Show made his debut in late September of, and the following year went 10-6 while splitting time between the starting rotation and bullpen.

1990 saw Moyer spend time in the bullpen before regaining a spot in the starting rotation.

Lee was a journeyman pitcher who divided his playing time jumping between the rotation and the bullpen.

Darling was sent to the bullpen part-time for the first time in his career.

When the edifice opened in time for the start of the 2009 MLB season, the Mets ' bullpen was in front of the visiting bullpen, leading to an obstructed view of the field from the visiting bullpen, which the San Diego Padres complained about during the Mets ' first regular-season home series.

During his years with the Braves, Mercker split time between the bullpen and the starting rotation.

Sele opened the season in the bullpen for the first time in his ML career.

Then, and only then, with the Jacksons and Dan as their true guests of honor, did the Harrows take time to catch up on the news.

when he went home at night, he took her with him in his mind, and she did the things the anonymous Woman used to do, and he did the thing afterwards each time as he used to do.

This time even she did not answer.

With all his musical activities, did he have the time and inclination to do anything else??

Helion did not realize it at the time, but it was true.

And when he complained of the lack of time for all he wanted to do, Henrietta advised him to rise at five in the morning as she and Papa did.

There was one time, however, when his face clouded and he suddenly blurted, `` Why did my brother commit suicide ''??

Since Rhode Island at that time did not have such sanction, his opinion was not popular.

But his rancor did not cease, and presently, on March 13, when he preached a sermon on the text, `` And Ben-hadad Was Drunk '', he told his congregation how disappointed he was in Mr. Lewis, how he regretted having had him in his house, and how he should have been warned by the fact that the novelist was drunk all the time that he was working on the book.

The tiny hamlet of Chesterton to the north, with the fens and marshes lying on down the Ouse River, may have attracted him often, as it did many other youths of the time.

Had they not gotten me to the hospital when they did, perhaps I would not be here to commend them at this time.

At no time did I attempt to seek approval or commendation for the members of the Chicago board of election commissioners for the discharge of their duties.

He was an emotional, lonely boy who spent so much time turning out drawings that he did scarcely any schoolwork.

The audience did not think much of the new pastor, and what the new pastor thought of the audience he did not dare at the time to say.

Only afterwards did an act like that become meaningless, so that he would puzzle over it for days, whereas at the time it had seemed quite real.

And knowing its humble place in the scale of things, why did he, at this time of life, seem almost ready to sell his soul for plumpness??

He looked at her out of himself, she thought, as he did only for an instant at a time, the look which always surprised her even now when his uncombable hair was yellowing a little and his breath came hard through his nicotine-choked lungs, the look of the gaunt youth she had suddenly found herself staring at in the Tate Gallery on a Thursday once.

He knew the house like a blind man, through his fingers, and he did not like to think of all the time and rags and polishes he had spent on keeping it up.

If, in the trustee's judgment, `` reasonable market conditions '' did not prevail during any given year, he was to be allowed to petition the court for an extension of time within the ten-year period.

Mr. Sharpe's arrival in the business did indeed provide what Mr. Brown had most coveted -- time for `` tinkering '', and the opportunity of carrying out in the back room those developments in precision graduation which most interested him at that time.

These cut-down plants will bud and blossom in record time and will behave just as they did in early spring.

Their two boys were `` well adjusted '' and, like their parents, always did the right thing at the right time and damn the consequences.