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...movie includes a player who functions as a sort of Jackie Robinson surrogate. For contrast there is Richard Pryor, an actor-comedian of buckshot brilliance. Pryor calculates every line and gesture for small, explosive effect, and his aim stays true. He shows up here as Charlie Snow, a third baseman who hopes to break into big-league ball by passing himself off as a Cuban...
...Oakland players, as well as on Finley himself, and is telling her boss what's in his stars, athletically speaking. Maybe Finley shouldn't listen. Brady says Kansas City will top Oakland in the Western Division, and that three A's aces, Pitcher Vida Blue, Third Baseman Sal Bando and Outfielder Joe Rodi, are headed for injuries. Specific game results? The A's will win in Boston June 15 and 16. Brady is less precise about her own future in baseball. "Mr. Finley is rather difficult to work with," she concedes. "When I tell him negative...
Carl Yastrzemski then bounced out to first baseman Chambliss, advancing the runners to second and third. Jim Rice followed, lashing a two-run single up the middle...
...Yankees are built on speed, and run they did on Carlton Fisk's suddenly questionable arm. Leading the way was highly-accoladed rookie second baseman Willie Randolph, who already looks like Joe Morgan and has the same sense of control and presence on the field...
Robert Merrill, the Metropolitan Opera singer did the national anthem, and Bobby Richardson, the nimble second baseman of the early sixties talked about Jesus Christ. Next the new Yankees took the field against the Minnesota Twins. They hit the ball all over the new park, beat back a 4-0 deficit and won the game 11-4. George Steinbrenner told the newspapers that he wanted to see 100,000 people in his new park by the end of the three game series. He got his wish...