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...season will be his last. Meanwhile, Aaron plans to marry one of his home-town fans. Billye Williams, 36, a widow with a daughter, 6, met Aaron when she interviewed him for a local television show. Billye later became a regular booster behind the Braves' dugout and the couple have been secretly engaged since Easter...
Anderson was also questioned about Willie Mays, who is 42 years old and batting .219 for the New York Mets. Sparky, the reporters asked, is Willie going to play? The implication was that, with his average, he belonged on the Long Island beaches instead of in the dugout. Anderson lied when he answered, "I'm not here to see that particular people get in the game. I am here to beat the other team." Mays was added to the squad as a fan-pleaser by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn...
...between irate manager and aloof umpire. In an attempt to find the answer, World Series film makers put a microphone around Anderson's neck during the Reds' showdown with the Oakland A's last fall. After one questionable call, Anderson was filmed charging out of the dugout for the usual scene of angry gesturing and foot kicking. Then, standing chest to chest with Umpire Jim Honochick, Sparky pronounced the words that fans have waited so long to hear: "You know something? You might be right...
Blue surrendered Detroit's other three hits but seemed to have the Tigers overpowered with his blistering fast ball. When Tony Taylor lined to Hendrick in center field for the final out, the A's dugout emptied and mobbed Blue...
...left him in there, and on the first pitch McCormick hit the longest foul I've ever seen. When it left the park it was still going up, but damn if Smokey doesn't turn to the dugout and flash that snake-in-the-grass smile of his. He was the only one in the whole park who knew what was going to happen next, and I guess he thought that was pretty funny...