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...crop of National League pitchers during the 1980s has been impressive. But only one National Leaguer has pitched 10 shutouts in one season during the '80s. Name...
...house: "As a Cuban, my father was eager to adapt to his new environment." The Rabassas later moved to New Hampshire, where Gregory attended high school, but it was only at Dartmouth College that he took up the study of Spanish in earnest. During World War II, the Ivy Leaguer served in North Africa and Italy with the Office of Strategic Services. Among his jobs were receiving and reworking secret military codes: "My first experience of translation." His European service did not lead him to Spain. "If Hitler had invaded there," he says, "my OSS team would almost certainly have...
Eddie Murray watches a Little Leaguer scoop up a ground ball and tag first base...
...homers and drove in 115 runs. Mattingly is a legitimate threat to win the Triple Crown--leading the league in batting average, homers and RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox was the last player to win the Triple Crown in 1967. Can you name the last National Leaguer to win the Crown and the year in which he did it? (Three points for the player and two for the year.) Five points...
...more than pitching the no-hitter, consider the eight straight decisions Nieves lost at the end of last year. "I felt so pumped up, I was trying to throw the ball through the catcher and the backstop." The left-handed sophomore from Santurce, Puerto Rico, is the youngest major leaguer in 15 years to pitch a no-hitter, the second Latin after Juan Marichal and the first Brewer in history...