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Going into the negotiations, the rank and file were in a feisty mood and fully aware of their new power in an era of scarcer, costlier energy. Expressing the attitude of the majority, West Virginia Miner Jim ("Catfish") Barlow, 27, said: "This time we are going to get something or we're going to shut down everything-everything. I feel we got to get it now or it's gonna be too late...
...anarchy. Two of their top relief pitchers, Rollie Fingers and John ("Blue Moon") Odom, were recovering from an impromptu locker-room brawl. Star Slugger Reggie Jackson (TIME cover, June 3) was playing on probation, having been warned by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for threatening a reporter. Pitcher Jim ("Catfish") Hunter was embroiled in a public contract dispute with Svengalian Owner Charles O. Finley, who was overruling Manager Alvin Dark by ordering last-minute lineup changes. So who destroyed the opposition four games to one with crisp, aggressive play? Of course...
Oakland's ace Catfish Hunter was not as lucky as Sutton. He gave up three home runs to the Orioles on Saturday and lost...
...Ferguson Jenkins winning 21 games, last year's cellar dwellers have stubbornly pursued the Oakland A's. It would take a miracle, though, for Texas to catch the world champions. The A's have the pitching and long-ball power to run away in the West. Catfish Hunter had already won 20 games when September began, and Ken Holtzman is rapidly closing in on the mark. In Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi, the A's have three of the top-six run producers in the league. That is the kind of record that will...
...players' spirit as much as to their skill. "We win because we have guys who love the challenge," explains Third Baseman Bando. "We have a nucleus of gutsy players who don't know how to lose." That nucleus includes Shortstop Bert Campaneris, Leftfielder Joe Rudi, Pitcher Catfish Hunter, Reliever Rollie Fingers, Bando and, of course, Jackson...