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Batting third and playing centerfield for the Sox was Hall of Famer Tris Speaker...
...making one swan dive in the outfield, even Tommie Agee or Ron Swoboda of the Mets is the equivalent of the Giants' Willie Mays. Baseball players plainly cannot be known at a glance. "Every player, good or bad, at one time or other has played like a Hall of Famer and a Hall of Shamer." This is an old ballplayer speaking, one who by the way contends, "Baseball is just about the best thing this country has going for it." So consider the crackle in his voice. "But we're all old ballplayers, that's the point," he says...
...world's most frustrating sport simply irks some players, including the intense Woods. "It's soooo programmed," says another player. "It's a strategy, but you know what? It's a damned good strategy because it's working." When asked about Mickelson's image, golf Hall of Famer and NBC analyst Johnny Miller breaks into a show tune. "Hah-lly-wood," he sings. "It's all Hollywood, man. Phil's a smart guy like that." Mickelson has no answer to accusations of excess gregariousness: "I don't really have anything to say. I really don't know what...
DIED. DICK WEBER, 75, skinny onetime postal worker who became bowling's biggest star at the height of its popularity in the '60s; in Florissant, Mo. The unfailingly polite Hall of Famer helped found the Professional Bowlers Association in 1958 and went on to win 26 tour events and six seniors titles. A self-described ham, he promoted the sport with such exploits as bowling on a Miami beach and taking aim at lava lamps on David Letterman's late-night TV show...
...DIED. DICK WEBER, 75, skinny, onetime postal worker who became bowling's biggest star at the height of its popularity in the 1960s; at his home in Florissant, Missouri. Unfailingly polite but a self-described "ham," the Hall of Famer helped found the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958 and won 10 of the first 23 PBA tournaments, 26 tour events and six seniors titles. His promotional efforts for the sport included bowling on a Miami beach and aiming for ketchup bottles and lava lamps on David Letterman's late-night TV show...