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...season long, it seemed like we never could win a ball game the easy way," Pittsburgh Pirates Second Baseman Phil Garner said after a tenth-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of the National League championship playoff. He frowned, pursed his lips in remembrance of a grueling pennant race that was not decided until the season's final day, then broke into a grin. "But my, how time flies when you're having...
Pirate slugger Dave Parker singled for his fourth hit to start the rally with one out. Then starter and winner Flanagan caught him in a rundown between first and second. Parker made second base, though, when first baseman Eddie Murray threw late to Mark Belanger covering second and Parker kicked the ball out of Belanger's glove...
...outdone, Pirate starter and loser Bruce Kison wild pitched home Eddie Murray and then served up a 2-run homer to Baltimore third baseman Doug DeCinces. Tim Foli added a wildthrow to complete the 1st inning debacle...
Angel Shortstop Jim Anderson poured champagne over the presidential head, and Second Baseman Bobby Grich completed the double play by adding a beer chaser. The team's best-known fan, Richard M. Nixon, was delighted by the ritual horseplay of the Angel's locker-room victory party. "Anybody want some more good California champagne?" asked Nixon, wiping his pate. "You can squeeze it right out of this towel." Before leaving, Nixon dutifully made his round of the players, offering congratulations and advising Outfielder Joe Rudi about his real estate investments in Oregon...
...breeze, its trajectory altered by every passing zephyr. A gale wind in Candlestick Park or, it would seem at times, a cough from a fan in the front row of the Astrodome can change its course, making it the hardest pitch to hit. Says Cincinnati Reds Second Baseman Joe Morgan: "The knuckleball messes up your timing so bad it can put you in a slump for three or four games." Joe Niekro, who enjoys watching himself on video tape, adds: "It's flat amazing to watch what the ball does. It's a thrill...