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...Chicago Cubs signed free-agent pitchers Ferguson Jenkins and Bill Campbell and traded pitcher Mike Krukow to Philadelphia for pitchers Dickie Noles and Dan Larson and catcher Keith Moreland. In other baseball news, Brewers third baseman and designated hitter Sal Bando officially announced his retirement, the Red Sox extended manager Ralph Houk's contract until 1984, and George Steinbrenner has signed manager Bob Lemon to "a lifetime contract in the organization" that includes managing the Yankees...
...innings, giving up just four hits while fanning ten. Only in the fourth, after Piniella had put the Yanks on top with his solo shot into the left field bleachers in the top half of the inning, did Righetti run into trouble, yielding a lead-off single to Sal Bando. Bando moved to second as Ted Simmons grounded out, but Righetti struck out Gorman Thomas and Ben Ogilvie to retire the side...
...Brewers did not threaten again until the seventh inning. Ron Davis, the winner of Wednesday night's game, came on in relief of the visibly tired Righetti and induced Bando to pop out to start the inning...
...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 in the mind: Jackson, Rudi, Bando, Hunter, Fingers, Blue. But he lost them all, and others, because he was unwilling to pay them well. Toward the end, he ordered that his players' half-fare airline coupons be collected as they stepped off the planes from road trips...
...officially waived pitcher Skip Lockwood yesterday and will probably give Dick Drago his outright release this afternoon. In other transactions, the Cleveland Indians sent Chris Bando and Karl Pagel to Charleston of the International League, the New York Mets sold Mark Bomback to Toronto, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Mark Brouhard and Buster Keeton to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent pitcher Bob Owchinko to Oakland for future considerations...