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Ernie Banks has not been heard from much since he retired as an active player with the Chicago Cubs in 1971. The shortstop-first baseman, who hit 512 home runs in his 19 seasons with the team, has worked as a coach at Wrigley Field and as a roving instructor for the Cubs' farm system. But he never lost the sunny disposition that made him one of the best-loved players in baseball. "It's a beautiful day for a ball game," he would often say. "Let's play two." If a doubleheader was scheduled, he would...
...other sports news, All-Star third baseman Sal Bando became the fifth Oakland A's free agent to fly Charlie Finley's coop. Bando, a superior fielder who also averaged 88 runs batted in during his nine years with the Athletics, signed with the impotent Milwaukee Brewers, who tabbed him as their first choice in the free agent draft...
Yankee first baseman Chris Chambliss slugged the first pitch thrown by Kansas City speedballer Mark Littell in the bottom of the ninth over the right-center fence in refurbished Yankee Stadium last night, breaking up a 6-6 tie and catapulting the Bronx Bombers to their first American League penant since...
Third Base--Pete Rose is Charlie Hustle, the MVP of the '75 Series and the 1976 league leader in hits, runs and doubles. Mike Schmidt has led the majors in home runs for three straight years, and he is the best fielding third baseman in the game. I like Schmidt, but you call...
Dick Higgings '22, who managed the Crimson squad that travelled to the Rose Bowl his senior year, his brother John '20, Jeff Ross '23, who claims to be the shortest man ever to receive a Varsity letter at Harvard (he is a 5 ft. 4 1/2 in. former third baseman) and Charles Newhall '23, stood drinking and chatting along the first base line...