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Probably the biggest travesty is the Yankees' pitching staff. George Steinbrenner, the owner of the Yankees, isn't stupid. He went out and tried to reunite the championship pitching staff of the Oakland A's, and he's half done. Steinbrenner bought Catfish Hunter and Ken Holtzman by paying them...
As a major leaguer, Walter Alston appeared in one game for the 1936 St. Louis Cardinals, batted one time - and struck out. But Alston's tenure as manager of the Brooklyn, later the Los Angeles, Dodgers definitely went into extra innings. After 23 consecutive one-year contracts, seven National...
Shortstop--In July, Larry Bowa received a two-minute standing ovation for a great play he made on a Tony Perez grounder. Dave Concepcion, however, is the best all-round shortstop in the majors. A slight edge for the Reds.
Third Base--Pete Rose is Charlie Hustle, the MVP of the '75 Series and the 1976 league leader in hits, runs and doubles. Mike Schmidt has led the majors in home runs for three straight years, and he is the best fielding third baseman in the game. I like Schmidt...
In October 1966 the Yankees finished the season in tenth place. In 1967 they put players on the field like Charlie Smith, Ruben Amaro, Steve Whitaker and Horace Clarke. Whitaker was especially pathetic because he was one in a set of the "next Mickey Mantle" series. Whitaker came up to...