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Freddy Lynn launched an eleventh-hour rally by planting an Arroyo fastball in the right-field upper deck to lead off the ninth. But when Rick Burleson drew a walk off Arroyo with two outs, manager Ralph Houk made the call for Foucault, who silenced rookie Ted Cox's loud bat by forcing him into a game-ending...
Steinbrenner leads a syndicate of 19, which purchased a wreckage of a Yankee franchise from CBS in 1973. He eased out Manager Ralph Houk, hired and fired Bill Virdon, purchased perhaps $7.5 million worth of baseball talent and brought in Billy Martin, who had been a nonconforming battler on the conformist Yankees...
...First Baseman Danny Cater. At the start of last week, after Sparky had played a part in eight of nine Yankee victories over a twelve-game stretch, the team was only 1½ games out of first place in the American League's Eastern Division. Then Manager Ralph Houk decided to give Lyle a well-deserved break; he took a calculated risk and benched Sparky for a few days. The Yankees promptly lost three games in a row to Kansas City. But Houk was confident that Sparky, now fully rested, would "pick up as strong as ever...
...Offs. Out of personal pride if nothing else, such stars as McCovey and Dietz turned out for the game despite their very real injuries. Nonetheless, as Yankee Manager Ralph Houk explains...
...credit. By then the Yanks had six runs of their own. They went on to win, giving Colavito, who ranks 15th among the all-time home-run hitters (372), his first major-league pitching victory. Rocky the Reliever is more than likely to appear again. Says Manager Houk: "He did a real fine job for us. I'd like to use him some more." Why not? The unknockable Rock still sports a career...