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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because of their better hitting, but the minimal expectation was for crisply played baseball. Some of the man-to-man match-ups had the potential for classic tests: Superpitchers Tom Seaver of the Mets and Jim Hunter of the A's, superior Shortstops Bud Harrelson and Bert Campaneris, Bullpen Stars Tug McGraw and Rollie Fingers, and, finally, two dramatically different managers and strategies. Yogi Berra had won the National League pennant by patiently waiting for the return of injured regulars and then sticking with one lineup down the stretch. Dick Williams had shuffled his mustachioed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sand-Lot Scramble | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

...worthy of a week at Lourdes. The Mets pitching, led by sore-shouldered Tom Seaver, held the Midwestern maulers to only eight runs in the five games. The asthenic Met batters, none of whom finished the regular season above .300, banged out a hearty 23 runs. Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson (155 Ibs.) miraculously escaped maiming when his scuffle with Cincinnati's Pete Rose (189 Ibs.) blossomed into the best-watched brouhaha since the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Rose later escaped injury at the hands of garbage-throwing Mets fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Miracle III? | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

Last Sunday, films showed equally clearly that Ray Fosse missed a tag or sliding Met Bud Harrelson, but Augie Donatelli made the Mets wait another two innings...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Weiss Up | 10/19/1973 | See Source »

...tallied an unearned run in the fourth, but the amazing Mets responded with three runs in their half of the inning to put the game out of reach. Singles by Don Hahn, Bud Harrelson and Staub, sandwiched around a hit-batsman and an infield error, produced the runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mets Throttle A's; Staub Powers Team To a 6-1 Victory | 10/18/1973 | See Source »

...twelfth inning of the second game of the World Series. The game was tied at six apiece. The Mets were threatening, with Harrelson on third and McGraw on first. There were two out and the immortal Willy Mays, the goat of the ninth inning, had a chance to be a hero at the plate. It was a tense moment in a wild game --and I missed...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Gamesmanship | 10/17/1973 | See Source »

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