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...patchwork of many of the best players in the American League, only four of whom came up through their farm system. Thurman Munson and Roy White, two of the Yankees who made it up from the Syracuse farm club, will be no match for their Cincinnati counterparts, Johnny Bench and George Foster...
Catcher--Johnny Bench lost his wife and his batting touch (.234) in 1976, but he can still throw. Bob Boone and Tim McCarver hit well, but they may have trouble with Cincy's base stealers. A draw...
...truthful, the statistics don't mean much in the five-game series which starts tonight. Since I've mentioned Sports Illustrated, I might as well use that publication to predict the winner. The Reds, you see, have made five SI covers in the last year (Johnny Bench twice, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and now Foster), and the Phils have made it just once, with Schmidt. The Reds, obviously, will get the ol' Si jinx...
This season, Carl Yastrzemski returned to first base, after successfully flirting with youth and the Green Monster. Doyle sat on the bench, player tensions lowered morale, and injuries seemed to linger (they always do in off years.) There is also no explanation for the ten game slump in May which put Boston 9 1/2 games behind the Yankees...
Brian Buckley, a highly-recruited High School All-America quarterback is on the team, but so far the unheralded St. John has kept him on the bench. As halftime neared, St. John showed how he's done it, hitting four straight aerials for 63 yards and another score. The conversion was again muffed...