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...looks like the champ's champ. At 6 ft. and 200 lbs., he is built like a bull, with musculature that would make Atlas envious. He puts his 17-in. biceps. 27-in. thighs and 36-oz. bat to good use. When Ted Williams first watched Jackson swing, he said, "He's the most natural hitter I've ever seen." Williams, the hitter's hitter, has not been proved wrong...
Courting umpires is another Jackson tactic. Always speaking softly to the man behind the plate, even when he feels wronged, Jackson often gets the benefit of the doubt in return. "One umpire appreciates my manners so much," says Reggie, "that he reduces the strike zone when I come to bat. Whenever he's umpiring on the bases, he tells me, 'You'll get your pitch when I get behind the plate...
Jackson has not always been a leader. When he began playing with the A's full time in 1968, he was an angry and confused young man. When he struck out, as he did often enough to lead the league for four consecutive years, he would toss his bat to the ground or slam his batting helmet onto the dugout bench. His morale was not helped by a bitter feud that quickly developed with Finley. This dispute, which began over salary and spread in 1970 to Jackson's quality of play, reached a peak late that summer. While...
Leigh Hogan at first base has turned in a big season for the Crimson as he wielded the big bat for Harvard for most of the year. Hogan got good metal on the ball the final month of the season for an incredible .579 average over an 11-game stretch to end the year with a .368 overall average...
...complement the big bat of Conte, Conner has Bettencourt and Benny. Bettencourt boasts a .409 average with 14 RBIs while Benny has hit at a .353 clip with nine "ribbies...