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...catfight with Houston, Rookie Bob Walk, 23. When the Royals jumped off to a four-run lead, courtesy of two home runs, they seemed ready to roll. But Philadelphia, helped by a three-run homer from Bake McBride, answered with a five-run burst its next time at bat and took the first game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showdown for the Swooners | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...however, would be to get Hatcher. The guy can play, and the rap that he is slow is unwarranted. He's no speedster, but his time from first base to third base compares favorably with, say, Dave Stapleton. His bat is better...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Counting Eggs | 10/23/1980 | See Source »

...fifth, Smith stretched a single to a double on Amos Otis's throw and Rose sacrificed him to third. Otis scored later on Bake McBride's broken-bat single. The fourth run came in the sixth inning after Bowa doubled off the left field screen and then scored on Boone's base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phils Top Royals, 4-1, to Take Series | 10/22/1980 | See Source »

...second to Pittsburgh, the Montrealers were a team of nobodies that came out of nowhere to capture hearts far beyond city limits. Indeed, les Expos have given an entire nation la fièvre de baseball. Led by Gérant (Manager) Dick Williams, and sparked by the hot bat of Receveur (Catcher) Gary Carter, the Expos have overcome a blizzard of injuries, able to field their starting lineup only a couple of dozen times during the entire season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Out, Bottom of the Ninth... | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...everything goes according to plan, that will never happen again. In the "new" Chinese ago of pragmatism, the era when the onetime "capitalist roaders" and the "stinking ninth category" of the intellectual elite will entrench themselves in power and Deng Xiaoping will not bat a hairy eyebrow when he labels Mao Zedong an "ultraleftist," people will lose their jobs for mistakes like that. For the signals emanating from the Great Hall of the People in the last two weeks tell us that in the ongoing struggle between economic growth and ideology, profits have become more important than politics...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: From Party Chairman to Board Chairman | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

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