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...Greg Brock is up. The first pitch is a fast ball and a strike. Three seasons back, Brock's promise as a slugging first baseman influenced the Dodgers' enthusiasm for retaining Free Agent Steve Garvey. Though he has been worse than disappointing as Garvey's replacement, in New York not two weeks ago Brock hit a home run off a Gooden change-up that brought Valenzuela his only victory in their three head-on encounters to date. After that game, Johnson lectured Gooden about offering his third best pitch to those who have failed to hit the first two. With...
...Communicating with a pitcher is a language all itself, one without words," the manager says he learned as a second baseman in Baltimore. Middle infielders, the brightest ones, observe the signs and study the patterns. With the same pitch, a scorcher, Gooden comes again at Brock, who tips the ball foul for strike two. A computer type, Johnson tries not to neglect human software either. He knows how to make pulling a pitcher seem a compliment on a par with leaving him in the game. "I see a lot of early Earl Weaver in him," says Frank Cashen, Weaver...
President Reagan has called black teenage joblessness "a national tragedy," and in March he sent Congress a bill that would allow employers to pay youngsters a summer wage of $2.50 an hour instead of the regular $3.35 minimum wage. In his first major speech as Labor Secretary, William Brock last week promoted the President's plan for a summer-long subminimum wage for young people. The Administration claims that it would reduce costs for businessmen and inspire them to hire some 400,000 more workers...
...week brought a striking example of trade peace. In Washington, American and Israeli officials signed an agreement to remove all duties and other barriers to commerce between the two nations by 1995. The accord was the first of its kind between the U.S. and a foreign country. Said William Brock, the outgoing U.S. Trade Representative: "This is a precedent-setting agreement reflecting the Reagan Administration's commitment to free trade with all nations." The White House, which hopes that the agreement will encourage a loosening of trade restrictions around the world, approved the unique arrangement in part...
...resurgence of the stolen base in baseball over the last ten years is manifest. Speed merchants like Lou Brock, Willie Wilson, Tim Raines and Rickey Henderson have changed the game Try to name the pair of players who have combined for the greatest number of stolen bases in a single season for the same team. Take five points for each half of the fleet-footed combination...