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...spokesman for all Southern blacks is dangerous, however. It diverts attention from the real merits of All God's Dangers and becomes an excuse for judging it uncritically. White liberal critics have heaped an avalanche of unstinting praise on All God's Dangers, calling Nate Shaw "a black Homer." They seem to be saying, with great relief: See, black people can be as profound as white people, they just haven't had the chance to tell their story until Rosengarten tape-recorded Nate Shaw. But saying Nate Shaw's story is the story of all black people is assuming...
...third consecutive year. Oakland got only six hits, but scored on a home run, a suicide squeeze bunt and a throwing error by the Dodgers. Game No. 2 gave the Dodgers a chance to recover, and Los Angeles Rightfielder Joe Ferguson provided the power with a two-run homer. When Finley tried to fight back with Herb Washington, the inexperienced sprinter whom he hired this year as unofficial designated runner, Dodger Relief Ace Mike Marshall easily picked Washington off first base...
...Rogers reincarnation is Bryan Sterling, 52, a Vienna-born freelance writer who settled in the U.S. after fleeing the Nazi occupation. Rogers died in a plane crash in 1935. Sterling began hearing Rogers quoted in the late 1950s; he read a biography of the humorist (Our Will by Homer Croy) and was struck by the way Rogers' homespun humor crossed language and cultural barriers. "I thought I was the only one who knew about him," Sterling recalls. "I thought, 'What a great mind...
Boston added three more runs in the third on a run-scoring double by Montgomery and RBI singles by Burleson and Doug Griffin. Danny Cater hit a solo homer for Boston in the fourth to make it 8-0, while Tommy Harper had a run-scoring single in the eighth...
Powell supplied the clout, with three hits--one a homer--and three runs batted in, while southpaw Mike Cuellar pitched well with men on base to keep the Oriole express one game behind the New York Yankees, who were also winning, 2-1, over the Cleveland Indians...