Bad Decisions: Howser’s 1985 World Series
Crazy as it seems now, in the 1985 World Series, Royals manager Dick Howser elected to go with an eight-man pitching staff.
That’s right, eight. Ocho. Not enough pitchers to fill a lineup if need be.
And that wasn’t even the really crazy part, which is this: Of the eight pitchers on the Royals’ roster for the World Series, only six actually pitched.
That’…
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