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...good is Dwight Gooden? His rookie statistics show that the Met right hander has almost unlimited promise, and he's one of only four players ever to pitch 200 innings in a season before age 20. Of the other three one-Bob Feller-is in the Hall of Fame, but the other two ended their careers in obscurity. Five points for identifying...
...best players hold abiding interest for everyone. There is endless dispute over which pitcher threw the hardest; Lefty Grove, Walter Johnson. Bob Feller, and Joe Wood are the leading candidates. Babe Ruth stories abound. The Bambino had "a heart as big as a watermelon, and made of pure gold." He also had a rather large appetite: "He'd stop along the road when we were traveling and order a half dozen hot dogs and as many bottles of soda pop, stuff them in one after the other, give a few big belches, and then roar,'ok boys...
...slogan is spawning a mini-industry. Michael Stone, president of New York City's Hamilton Projects, Wendy's exclusive licensing agent, estimates that sales of "Where's the beef?" products may reach $30 million by the end of the year. Items bearing the question or Clara Feller's picture will eventually include T shirts, a record album, kitchen utensils, greeting cards, baseball caps, mugs, wastebaskets, dolls (one of which asks the question), board games, three-ring binders and stadium cushions. Says Stone: "Manufacturers have been calling nonstop to get licenses to sell at retail, and those...
...half a century, I dispute Tom Callahan's contention that we all depreciate present-day stars in favor of those from our youth [Aug. 22]. I rate Johnny Bench ahead of Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey and Roy Campanella. I rate Strikeout Artist Nolan Ryan above Bob Feller, Dizzy Dean and Sandy Koufax. And I rate Callahan's pithy, disciplined but delicious piece on the waning golden age above any single article I have ever read by Grantland Rice or Red Smith. So, Tom, don't go around prejudging us as prejudgers! Hear...
...Curt Flood, 2. Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Rube Waddell. Bob Feller. Sam McDowell, Walter Johnson, Steve Carlton, Mickey Lolich. Vida Blue and J R Richard Waddell was the first to fan more than 300, doing it in 1903. 3. Gary Templetion in 1919. 4. a) Carl Mays 1920, b) Gill McDongald, c) Earl Averill. 5. California Angels: Reggie Jackdon, Fred Lynn, Don Baylor and Rod Carew, Kansas City Royals: Vida Blue, George Brett, Boston Red Sox: Carl Yazstremski, Jim Rice, Philadelphia Phillies: Pete Rose, Mike Sehmidt, Pittsburgh Pirates: Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, 6. Juan Marichal won 26 games...