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From the moment he heard the Phillies would be helping the Minnesota Twins christen their new ballpark this spring, Pete wanted the first baseball hit safely in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It is rolling around in his dresser drawer now. "I might as well get them all," says Rose of the souvenir balls that have marked his trail like Hansel's breadcrumbs. "Soon I'll have made more outs than anybody, and I want that baseball...
...baseball. Coach, scout, manager, broadcaster. I'll be something in the game." And when he looks back, what will be his main satisfactions? "That I was durable, that I was consistent. Oh, and when someone's chasing my records and they ask me to come to the ballpark, I'll be there." But the time is not near. "You know," Rose says, a little sad, "I'm starting to get letters from people now saying, 'Quit making a big deal of your age.' But that's the one thing...
Yesterday's strong showing reflected the Crimson's depth, since J.V. players filled the bottom half of the starting line-up. "We have an incredibly strong team and we're definitely in the ballpark with Princeton and the other top teams this year," team captain Stimpson said yesterday...
Sommers used an econometric model to measure the "marginal revenue product" of the players. He fed such facts as the players' on-field performance plus the attendance at home games and the number of hot dogs sold at the ballpark into a computer that measured costs against income. The study, to appear next year in the Journal of Human Resources, showed that five of the top 14 players brought in nearly triple their annual salary in extra earnings for the owners. Yogi Berra probably never talked to Casey Stengel about his "marginal revenue product," but Yankee Owner George Steinbrenner...
...baseball's most colorful and innovative franchises. Finley was one of the first proponents of the designated hitter. He tried out orange balls. He brought a mule into the ballpark as a mascot, installed a mechanical rabbit to bring baseballs to the umpire. He gave the game the garish doubleknit uniforms that became commonplace. He harassed his managers by telephoning strategy to the dugout, yet installed a 16-year-old fan as vice president. For all his buffoonery, Finley was as shrewd a judge of talent as any in the sport since Branch Rickey. Roll the names over...