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...however, with his awesome speed and helmet-first style, Rickey Henderson, 23, has brought the slippery science out of the bars and back to the bleachers. The reason? The Oakland Athletics' ebullient outfielder riddled Brock's seemingly shatterproof record last Friday night in a four-steal spree. Said a jubilant A's manager, Billy Martin: "He's the most exciting player since Mickey Mantle...
Martin is right. Consider that the skittery Henderson has amassed his 122 thefts in a mere 129 games. The number is not up to his spring-training boast of a steal per game, but it took Brock, then 35, 151 contests to reach 118. The new master of the basepaths is also the first man in history to achieve 100 steals in a season twice (the first time was in 1980), and he is currently 64 thefts ahead of his nearest competitor, Montreal's Tim Raines. With the exception of Cleveland, the extraordinary Henderson alone has more steals than...
...players vie for fewer than 20 parts. He discovers a homosexual tryst in a packing crate, loses his grip when a chicken called Modine pecks its understudy to death and is replaced by Cluck Gable, and suffers a painful disorientation when he stands in for Leading Man Henderson Forsythe. The amateur actor drops his prop pistol, is smothered by a Texas flag and walks into a brass pole trying to exit. During a pantomime phone call, instead of staying in character, King mutters into the instrument, "Gonna drank me a batch of that ol' Cutty Sark tonight...
...State Haig showed it to British Foreign Secretary Pym in Washington. The pair discussed the ideas for four hours, before Pym flew on to the U.N. After making some changes, they sent the proposal to London. Two days later, the British responded through their Ambassador to Washington Nicholas Henderson. The collective ideas were sent on to Lima, where representatives of the Argentine junta were waiting for them...
Maxwell 3 3-6 9, Bird 3 4-4 10, Parish 6 2-2 14, Archibald 4 4-4 12, Carr 9 3-5 21, McHale 6 4-4 16, Henderson 3 3-4 9, Ford 2 0-0 4, Robey 3 4-5 10, Ainge 1 0-0 2, Bradley 1 0-0 2, Fernsten 0 0-0 0, Totals 41 27-34 109. Wasington 27 25 15 24 91 Boston...