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...Green (20-9-1) is relying on a new head coach, former assistant Judy Parish, to fill the big hole on the bench left with the retirement of ECAC Coach of the Year George Crowe. But the biggest void will be in the front line, where Parish needs to find a replacement for AWCHA All-American forward Sarah Hood...
...night, awkwardly called them "a great team team." They were. Every single player contributed, big time. While most good teams have three solid starting pitchers and a rotating journeyman, the Yankees had six great starters: David Wells, David Cone, Andy Pettitte, Orlando Hernandez, Hideki Irabu and Ramiro Mendoza. Their bench could have beaten other teams. The Yankees, in contrast to the attention-grabbing McGwire-Sosa home run race, got wins and bad Nielsen ratings by playing "small ball": by massaging the first run over the plate, and then another and another. Batters patiently waited for hittable balls and forced pitchers...
...even a weak effort, would have ended it. But many fans who saw the game of a lifetime weren't there because of the Yankees; the game was sold out because it was Beanie Baby day. The Yanks' starters couldn't even get in fights alone; their two bench-clearing brawls--one with the underperforming Orioles and one with a frustrated Toronto club--were dominated by guys off the bench. All the players shared time and didn't complain. They're not fun to write about...
...belong in the top five. The magic of the '27 season derived in large part from uncanny luck: the team was so free of injury that six of its eight position players enjoyed more than 500 at bats. A good thing this was, for Murderers' Row obscured a hollow bench whose most productive resident, catcher Johnny Grabowski, contributed exactly one home run and 25 runs batted...
...CINCINNATI REDS: This imposing group had several superb players. Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Pete Rose: the first two are in the Hall of Fame, the third ought to be, and the last would be if he weren't such a jerk. Broadcaster Bob Costas insists that this year's Yankee starting lineup couldn't compete with the eight everyday players on the '75 Reds. This may be true, but just try to name another Cincinnati starting pitcher apart from the hardly immortal Don Gullett. If you said Fredie Norman, Gary Nolan or Jack Billingham, you win a prize...