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...there where the devoted can complete their set of 1954 Bowman cards, or their collection of Dodgers yearbooks. It is there where Royals third baseman George Brett walked in one afternoon to purchase a set of Ken Brett cards to surprise his brother the pitcher. In total the business owns one million baseball cards and 5000 old magazines...
...Richard Waddell was the first to fan more than 300, doing it in 1903. 3. Gary Templetion in 1919. 4. a) Carl Mays 1920, b) Gill McDongald, c) Earl Averill. 5. California Angels: Reggie Jackdon, Fred Lynn, Don Baylor and Rod Carew, Kansas City Royals: Vida Blue, George Brett, Boston Red Sox: Carl Yazstremski, Jim Rice, Philadelphia Phillies: Pete Rose, Mike Sehmidt, Pittsburgh Pirates: Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, 6. Juan Marichal won 26 games in 1968, but Bob Gibson won the Cy Young. 7. Alex Johnson batted .329 in 1970 for the Angels. 8. Cattish Hunter and Mike Marshall...
...Does anyone remember the player who drove in the most runs in his rookie season? (Hint: He was the last person before George Brett to average more than an RBI per game...
...look at baseball's Total Average stars in 1980. Boswell notes, illustrates the strengths of the statistic. Slash-hitter George Brett, speedster Rickey and Henderson, and sluggers Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt all topped the prodigious 1,000 mark: yet all are vastly different offensive animals from one another. Overrated stars like Omar "The Out Maker" Moreno (.682) and Steve "No Walks" Garvey are uncovered under the precise camera of Totals Average. Boswell gleefully gloats...
...Running and Fighting needed was a thorough editing by a publisher who had dealt with first-time authors before. Brett Fromson is onto something in Washington, and his subject merits the more serious analysis a longer work might have allowed. This one falters when he confuses imagination with observation...