Don Newcombe

The windup hasn't changed, nor has the delivery. Don Newcombe still throws his pitches high and tight. But instead of trying to strike out the Bronx Bombers, the former Dodger pitcher now faces a more challenging group of heavy hitters. On Tuesday, Newcombe made his pitch to high school students from Dorsey, Verbum Dei and Pasadena Muir. He reminisced about his old playing days, and he also managed to sneak a few curves past an unsuspecting audience.

There are several accounts to be settled today in connection with the dropping by the Dodgers of Fernando Valenzuela, Prince of Sonora. The outpouring decrying this act almost has been more than one viewing with cool detachment is able to bear. The Dodgers have uncoupled an honest worker, an interesting worker.