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...Hawk" Harrelson, leading RBI man of the American League last year, announced his retirement from baseball yesterday. His announced retirement came after the Boston Red Sox had traded him to the Cleveland Indians Saturday...
...Harrelson, wearing his usual mod outfit that has made him one of Boston's more flamboyant heroes, told a press conference that it was not economically feasible to leave Boston. Harrelson is involved in business dealings worth three-quarters of a million dollars...
...trade that Harrelson objected to was a three-player deal that sent him along with pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro to Cleveland for catcher Joe Ascue and pitchers Sonny Siebert and Vincente Romo...
Otherwise, the Sox are solid. Tony Conigliaro can see again, and George Scoot can apparently hit again. Other dependable players are Carl Yastrzemski, who distinguished himself last year as the American League's only .300 hitter, Reggie smith, Ken Harrelson, Mike Andrews, Rico Petrocelli, and Russ Gibson...
...came on down." Other defectors also pleaded personal problems. "I can't buy a house and strike at the same time," said Pitcher Pete Richert of the Baltimore Orioles. "You got to keep busy when you have four kids," said Chicago White Sox Catcher Russ Nixon. Though Ken Harrelson, the Boston Red Sox outfielder who led the American League in runs batted in last season, was the only name player to break the boycott so far, several others allowed that they would not hold out long...