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...victim of the Dodger onslaught was none other than Don Gullett, who probably threw five good pitches out of the 99 he unfurled. He was not helped, however, by the first Yankee errors of the Series, committed by Sweet Lou Piniella and Graig Nettles on consecutive batters. But to blame the loss on these two would be akin to blaming World War I on the Archduke Ferdinand's chauffeur. Gullet just didn't have...
While L.A. took batting practice off the Three point Five Million Dollar Man, Hooton gave up only five hits, none coming after the fifth inning. No Yankee had more than one hit and the quartet of Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles only managed two safeties between them. Some Murderers...
...second, Gullett got himself in trouble with another free ticket, this one issued to Royal catcher Darrell Porter. Frank White handcuffed Graig Nettles with a shot to third, and both runners were safe when the third baseman's throw to second was late...
...shortstop, the Yanks' Fred Stanley has practically become a household word. Dave Concepcion is no match for this .240 hitter. The same is true at third base. How can Pete Rose, with a .323 average, compare to Graig Nettles, whose average hovered around .245 this year...
After Thursday, the series assumed an eerie calm. No one on either team seemed interested in renewing the aggressions of the opener's fisticuffs. Graig Nettles, one of the protagonists in the assault on Lee, was hit by a pitch on Saturday night. But it was in the bottom of the tenth, and the pitch was so obviously an errant curve ball that Nettles didn't even glare back at the pitcher, Tom House. It was like that through the Yankee victory on Friday and the Bosox's recovery Sunday. Both teams clawed at each other like cats with manners...