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...spent Saturdays in his office, devoted evenings to dining with constituents who came to Washington or, more frequently, to poring over staff and technical reports, newspapers and magazines. On Sundays he would some times play softball with the Kennedy clan in Georgetown. Teammates describe him as an adequate second baseman but a rather weak hitter. Occasionally he would date; his most frequent such companion in the 1950s was Helen Langer, niece of the late Senator from North Dakota...
...playing field, the egghead jock can be a source of enlightenment as well as amusement to teammates. Several years ago, when Atlanta Braves Second Baseman Dave Johnson, a mathematician, was playing for the Baltimore Orioles, he gave some valuable advice to Pitcher Jim Palmer. "Jim, you're in an unfavorable chance deviation," said Johnson. When Palmer seemed mystified, Johnson explained that Palmer was minimizing his chance to pitch strikes by trying to hit the corners...
...King Henry Aaron will soon be hanging up his cleats for the year, but the 40-year-old slugger has at least one more road trip in mind first. On Thursday Hammerin' Hank flies to Japan for a home-run hitting contest against Sadaharu Oh, 34, star first baseman for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants. Oh has 634 lifetime home runs against Aaron's 733 and expects to pass Aaron's total one day. At their Saturday contest, each batter will select a pitcher and then use half an hour trying to rap baseballs out of Tokyo...
...clash between two powerful, well-balanced teams that were highly divergent in style and personality. From California's south came the young, efficient National League champions with their motto YOU GOTTA BELIEVE (borrowed from the 1973 champion New York Mets) and a Jack Armstrong image, represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said, "You've got to pull together to win." From Oakland and the Bay Area came the quarreling, opportunistic, two-time defending world champions with a slogan of their own MAKE IT HAPPEN and a harsh professionalism reflected by Pitcher Ken Holtzman, who insisted, "Team spirit...
Baltimore, with Hurler Jim Palmer injured much of the season, has stayed close to first on the strength of Brooks Robinson's bat and the healthy arms of Pitchers Mike Cuellar and Ross Grimsley. Says smooth-fielding Second Baseman Bobby Grich: "If we're close and we have Palmer...