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...spectacle of a designated hitter who bats ninth (.200) is at least as funny as a cleanup batter who hits .228 (Padres Third Baseman Graig Nettles). However, on an impulse, Williams decided to upgrade Bevacqua to the sixth slot for Game 2, and his three hits included a three-run homer, just his second of the year. "I'll do anything to get in the papers," he had proved before, but never so conventionally. (Larry Herndon, the silent Tiger who had an equally telling homer the day before, does anything to stay out of them.) After blowing kisses around...
...lost my only, chance ever to see a no hitter and I have hold accountable...
...fifth, Gooden induced Keith Moreland to ground routinely to third base. All the third sacker had to do was scoop up the ball and fire to first to preserve the no-hitter...
...hitter whose home run and triple in an 8-1 victory over Kansas City began Detroit's sweep of the playoffs. Rightfielder Kirk Gibson homered in the second game and gathered hits in all three (.417) to be named the most valuable player. Lance Parrish, the bulging catcher, says, "I think the fact that so many of us have grown up together makes it easier to get excited for each other...
...gold she has become a rocker with a golden voice. Sultry Rebecca De Mornay, 22, the schoolboy's dream who slinked and sashayed her way into Tom Cruise's house and heart in Risky Business, will appear as the rock-singing spouse of a homespun home-run hitter in a film called The Slugger's Wife. De Mornay's fantasy has always been to be a singer. So for the film she practiced long hours with Arranger Quincy Jones, and now several of her songs will be released as singles, at least one as a video...