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...First baseman Bill Buckner reported ill and right-hander Bob Stanley had to retire early because of a muscle twinge Monday as the Boston Red Sox began their second week of training...
Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the brilliant New York Yankee first baseman whose career and life it cut short, ALS is generally fatal. Among its better-known victims: Actor David Niven and former New York Senator Jacob Javits. Though the cause remains elusive, doctors suspect that genetic susceptibility sometimes plays a role: 5% to 10% of ALS patients have a family history of the disorder. Some researchers consider it to be an autoimmune disease, in which the victim's immune system assaults his own body tissue...
...powerfully built, 22-year-old, who says he was "just scratching the surface" of his talent after hitting 33 homers and driving in 117 runs, edged California Angels first baseman Wally Joyner for the honor...
...becoming the first starting pitcher in 15 years to earn the award, the 24-year-old right-hander captured 19 of 28 first-place votes for 339 points. He easily outdistanced Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly and Sox outfielder Jim Rice in the balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
Whether the New York Mets won or the Boston Red Sox lost, the World Series left enough hands and heads wringing and ringing to get all sides through the winter. The MVP was benched in the second game and threw a ball over the first baseman's head in the sixth. Ray Knight also singled to prolong the sixth game and homered to win the seventh. "You only can get so excited," reasoned the Mets' third baseman, "but it seemed, every game, I got more and more excited." October was unreasonable this year...