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Remembering the days of former pitcher Mike Marshall: setting major league records for relievers in games and innings worked in 1974 helped him win the National League Cy Young award.

Baseball Digest

| December 01, 2003 | Macht, Norman L | COPYRIGHT 2003 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LONG BEFORE FRANK SINATRA'S hit record, "My Way," Mike Marshall was doing things his way.

The only player who could put a Ph.D after his name while, still active (Physiological Psychology, Michigan State, 1978), Marshall alienated pitching coaches, managers, teammates and club owners for his insistence on following his own training methods and mechanics, and Iris outspoken union activities. He didn't win many friends, but he won a Cy Young Award in 1974, posted 92 career wins in relief, and records for appearances in a season.

Sitting at his Pitching Research and Training Center in Zephyrhills, Florida, Marshall talked about the triumphs and travails of ...

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