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...entirely correct. Everyone muddled around him, scribbling, and the leaned back in his chair. Bad light in , first offering his thoughts on the evening's activity and then responding to questions. I noted only his words of praise for Barrett's game-ending play. I soon tired of Houk and eager to see the Red Sox themselves, stepped into the locker room...
...much as Yastrzemski's sparkling average and eleven home runs have meant to the Red Sox this year, the team's change of mood over the past two seasons must be attributed in the largest part to the Major, the tough tobacco-y Manager Ralph Houk. About the time that Mercenaries Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk and Rick Burleson shipped out, Houk shipped on. "When everyone was saying we'd finish last a year ago," says Yaz, "Houk was saying, 'Let's show them.' " Boston lost the second half of the strike-torn season...
Pinchrunner Reid Nichols took third on a wild pitch by reliever. Salome Barojas and Boston manager Ralph Houk sent Tony Perez to the plate to pinch hit for Jerry Remy. With the count two and two, Perez grounded out to shortstop Bill Almon to give the White Sox the victory...
...signed free-agent pitchers Ferguson Jenkins and Bill Campbell and traded pitcher Mike Krukow to Philadelphia for pitchers Dickie Noles and Dan Larson and catcher Keith Moreland. In other baseball news, Brewers third baseman and designated hitter Sal Bando officially announced his retirement, the Red Sox extended manager Ralph Houk's contract until 1984, and George Steinbrenner has signed manager Bob Lemon to "a lifetime contract in the organization" that includes managing the Yankees...
...weekend, and this year the Expos were determined to go all the way. But a string of losses hurt those hopes, and Williams was shown the door. Oddly enough, even he had been tickled by the icy ringer of Steinbrenner. Williams was offered the post of Yankee manager after Houk departed, but he was then guiding the Oakland A's, and Owner Charles O. Finley refused to release him from his contract. Virdon was hired in his stead. If Steinbrenner proceeds normally, Williams should be an ex-Yankee manager by the end of the 1983 season.-B.J. Phillips