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Jerry Remy's position is clear. "They're either going to play me," the 28-year-old veteran of six years in the majors says, "or they'll trade me." A .271 lifetime hitter, Remy was swinging the bat at a .313 clip when a knee injury felled him last July. A left-handed hitter with absolutely no power, Remy is the only real base-stealing threat in the Boston arsenal. For a team theoretically sporting a multi-dimensional attack, speed would seem to be vital...
...field. He concedes that he has a weakness batting against certain left-handers ("I would understand it if [new Sox manager Ralph Houk] sat me down against tough lefties," he said recently), but his solid six years batting against all comers show he is a major league hitter--plus. For Remy the answer is obvious. If he were Ralph Houk, he says. "I'd play me every...
With Remy slowed by injuries, Stapleton stepped in at second and saw duty at first base, third base, designated hitter and left field as well. When Remy was lost for the season, second base became his trailer camp for the summer...
...there will be experiments. In yesterday's 8-3 loss to Kansas City which opened the exhibition season. Remy started and Stapleton came on in the fourth inning. Sometimes Stapleton will play second, sometimes he will be the designated hitter, sometimes he will do neither...
...highest-paid athlete in Asia, with an estimated career income of $7.5 million. Honored bearer of uniform No. 1 for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants, he led the team to 13 Central League pennant titles and twelve Japan Series victories in 21 years. Sadaharu is a lefthanded power hitter with a .301 career average and 868 home runs to his credit, more than Babe Ruth's 714, more than Hank Aaron's 755. Oh, what a commotion when Oh-san, now 40, retired! Five sports dailies issued red-ink editions hailing the king's modest announcement that...