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...vital adjuster spot was held down by senior John Tuke. A heavy hitter who Jettered as a speciality team player in 1976, he has had to work hard on his pass coverage to earn the starting berth...
...guesser'b dream with a lot of their moves and Tiant has never resembled the consistent craftsman who won 20 or more games three of the last four years. But amidst all this, the staff's earned run average is still a respectable 4.19, considering Fenway Park, the designated hitter and recent expansion...
...pantheon, John Peter ("Honus") Wagner, the bowlegged shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17), is a superstar's superstar. He was eight times National League batting champion, and among the first to be elected to the Hall of Fame. As a shortstop, he was unparalleled; as a hitter, formidable; and as a coach, respected. Yet today a growing number of savvy professionals value Wagner for an entirely different reason-the rarity of the 1910 baseball cards bearing his phiz...
Your article on Rod Carew kept asserting that he had never received the recognition he deserved. For eleven years we fans have been putting him in the All-Stars games' starting lineups. Millions recognize him as the finest hitter since Clemente; it's the baseball writers who have neglected...
...Carew in this fine summer. To be a hitter so confident that you turn down offers from teammates and coaches to steal signs and telegraph you the next pitch. "It doesn't matter what the pitch is-I'll get my cut at it." To know that if you do hit .400, the season of '77 will be remembered as the one that belonged to Rod Carew. And to know that, .400 season or not, your place in the history of your sport is already secure. "He doesn't have to prove anything," says Manager Mauch...