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Like all no-hitters, this one was helped by extraordinary fielding. Donnie Allard ranged deep into the right center field gap to corral a Joel Mock smash in the fourth, and third baseman Danny Skaff made a nifts play on a sharp grounder to nail Pete Shutte an inning later. And Brown's play that ended the game ("I grabbed it off my chest") could have easily bounced through...
...again, this time with that most coveted baseball contradiction: a team of young veterans. Only Ace Pitcher Steve Rogers remains from the 1973 roster, and most of the team (average age 27) has undergone its trial by fire in the big leagues, not down on the farm. Says First Baseman Warren Cromartie, the blithe spirit who plays team cheerleader: "Logic tells us that this is supposed to be our year. We've been maturing, just like a wine...
...League West. Tied with the Houston Astros at the end of the 162-game regular season, Los Angeles lost the title in a one-game playoff, then went home to lick its wounds-literally. "Our clubhouse looked like a hospital ward at the end of the season," recalls First Baseman Steve Garvey. "On that final day against Houston, there were only two players in the lineup who had started on opening...
...Orioles have big bats as well. Rightfielder Ken Singleton led both leagues in game-winning RBls last season, while pounding 24 home runs and hitting .304. First Baseman Eddie Murray, who hit .300, has emerged as one of baseball's best switch-hitters, with 111 home runs in merely four seasons. The only question mark is Third Baseman Doug DeCinces, who is recovering from a back injury. Says Weaver: "If Doug can hit his usual 15 to 20 home runs, then you can add another three games. Let's see. . . that gives us 106, doesn...
...That was undoubtably a turning point right there," Harvard coach Alex Nahigian said after the game. And when Larson and second baseman Gaylord Lyman finally connected on their much-practiced pickoff play moments later, trapping Pete Rappa off second for the final out, Columbia's most dangerous rally was extinguished...