Word: dernier
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Philadelphia (80-82, NL East, tied for fourth): Phil Bradley (.297, 14 HR, 67 RBI) and Bob Dernier (.317) are two new acquisitions the Phils needed. Steve ("Bedrock") Bedrosian (40 saves), last year's Cy Young winner, is one of the league's premier relievers. Thirty-eight year old Mike Schmidt still has the pop. But the Phils need some defense up the middle. Shortstop Steve Jeltz had more errors (14) than RBI (12). Best player: Schmidt...
This is the season that the Cubs, 39 years between pennant winners, 76 years removed from their most recent world title, played with people's hearts into October. The crash of 1969 was finally put behind. Before leading off in the first game with San Diego, Centerfielder Bobby Dernier consulted Shortstop Larry Bowa. "When do the butterflies go away?" he wondered. "After the first pitch," Bowa replied, so Dernier hit the second pitch over the leftfield wall. Speeding from first to third on an infield out, he eventually scored the opening run in Game 2 as well. Then...
Keith Moreland, Center fielder Bobby Dernier and Shortstop Larry Bowa. "The problem was bringing them together," said Field Manager Jim Frey, "getting them to think of themselves not as ex-somethings-or-other but as Cubs, and proud to be Cubs." Frey, who came along this year when Chicago moved up from fifth, had managed Kansas City against Philadelphia in that '80 series, then was rather briskly fired. Evidently Green knew where a lot of winners were...
Besides Matthews, the Cubs got home runs from Bob Dernier, Ron Cey and pitcher Rick Sutcliffe...
...McGregor, both of whom failed to go the distance last night, matched three-hitters through the first six innings. In the eighth, Maddox came to bat against McGregor with the score tied 1-1. During the season he had shared center field with Gree 'Gross, Von Hayes and Bob Dernier and had hit only four home runs. He was one of those unhappy Phillie role players...