11.   Bullpen coach Clyde Sukeforth recommended Branca, and that was that.

12.   Bullpen coach John Cumberland had sent Wasdin out on his seventh-inning rescue mission, but Williams motioned him back.

13.   But he worked with pitching coach Dick Pole and bullpen coach Joe Coleman on Thursday and altered his delivery motion.

14.   Calipari was a god in Amherst, but in the hierarchy of Metroplitan sports, coaching the Nets ranks just below bullpen coach of the Mets.

15.   Calipari was a god in Amherst, but in the hierarchy of Metropolitan sports, coaching the Nets ranks just below bullpen coach of the Mets.

16.   Dick Pole, the new bullpen coach, has been working out the last three weeks with lefthander Steve Avery, his Michigan neighbor, whom Kerrigan expects Wednesday.

17.   Dempsey was moved from third-base coach to bullpen coach on Wednesday when pitching coach Charlie Hough was fired.

18.   Dodgers bullpen coach Rick Dempsey was pitching batting practice the other day from behind a protective screen when Green stepped to the plate and took a few cuts.

19.   Fred is the bullpen coach for the Detroit Tigers, who have the worst record in the majors.

20.   Glenn Hoffman, who managed the club the final three months of the season, was scheduled to handle first but has been moved to bullpen coach.