Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outfield is still a little bit of a question mark for Park with four contenders for the three spots. Returning veterans Jimmy Thomas and Dave St. Pierre appear to have the leading track for starting positions with the remaining spot in contention by junior switch-hitter Scott Adzik and sophomore Leon Goetz...
Tired of the machinations of Charley Finely. Sick of Bob Short's ridiculous franchise hopping. Repulsed by a designated hitter rule that gives cripples Orlando "Cha Cha" Cepeda and Tony Bad Wheel Oliva a new lease at the plate. Then your only possible alternative to that sham of an American "League" is the pure baseball of senior circuit...
...Mets even made the lame and the halt rise from their pallets to perform. Willie Mays, 42, sidelined with cracked ribs and due to retire at the end of the season, was sent in as a pinch hitter during the final game and scratch singled in a run. Willie was replacing Veteran Ed Kranepool, the last of the original Mets, who in turn was substituting for Rusty Staub. Staub, on a home-run jag, could not play in the fifth game because he slammed into an outfield wall making a crucial catch in game four. Kranepool performed...
...Oakland got to Seaver, who had 12 strikeouts in eight innings, in the sixth as back-to-back doubles by Sal Bando and Gene Tenace closed the gap to 2-1 Seaver was lifted in the Mets eighth for a pinch hitter, after the A's had tied the score Campanaris singled and stole second. Joe Rudi delivered the game tying single with none out, but Seaver got out of further trouble...
...Sedecki came on to pitch for the Mets in the ninth, but was relieved by Tug McGraw as the A's threatened with two men on base. McGraw lasted to the tenth, when he too was lifted by Berra for a pinch hitter...