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...rain washed out the crucial matchup between the Sox and the New York Yankees, draining away virtually all hope the Baltimore Orioles had of catching the Fenway front-runners. By virtue of the two day long cloudburst, the Red Sox evaded a confrontation with 22 game winner Catfish Hunter, who will now move on with his Yankee teammates to face the Orioles tomorrow night...
...with the Orioles struggling against fate and Catfish Hunter, and the Red Sox coming home with a much-needed two-day rest, it appears that Hurricane Eloise will have the last laugh in the A.L. East race...
...peppered his foot with shotgun pellets in a hunting accident. Finley descended upon Hertford, stalked the youngster, captured him with a $75,000 bonus and sent him to the Mayo Clinic for a foot operation. As a publicity stunt, Finley told the 18-year-old to call himself Catfish. Ten years later, Jim ("Catfish") Hunter won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in the American League. Catcher Gene Tenace, Outfielder Joe Rudi and Relief Pitcher Rollie Fingers, all now A's stars, were signed by Finley within a year after he caught Catfish. They were all fresh...
This year Finley has had to make up for the loss of Catfish Hunter, who won 25 games for him last season. After an arbitrator found Finley guilty of breach of contract, Hunter got his release and signed with the Yankees in a record $3 million deal. So far, his departure has not hurt. Finley has since traded for Veteran Hurlers Jim Perry, Sonny Siebert, Stan Bahnsen and Dick Bosnian, and the A's have won 23 of the 38 games these pitchers started...
That year Yastrzemski also became the highest paid player in baseball. Catfish Hunter could claim that honor now, but Yaz's salary certainly hasn't shrunk, and since 1967 the money, the batting order, the hype, his longevity as the Sox's oldest veteran, the team leadership he has always displayed (sometimes challenged by the younger players on a club that has had its share of dissension), and the memories--these combine to put an incredible amount of pressure on him, the man who replaced Ted Williams. And since '67 he has flirted with the hopes of the people dangerously...