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Most of the 37 men in blue who patrol the majors accept insult as a matter of course-"I'd really get upset if they cheered," says the American League's Ed Runge-but few ever get used to it. "You try to rationalize," says the National League...
The outfield, one of the best in the majors, is an embarrassment of riches. Centerfielder Vada Pinson leads both leagues with 112 hits, sports a .323 average. Burly Rightfielder Frank Robinson, a .336 hitter with 25 home runs and 73 runs batted in, sparked the surge that put Cincinnati five...
Then the team began to click, thanks largely to some astute trades pulled off by moonfaced General Manager Bill DeWitt, a wily merchandiser of men who joined the Reds only last fall. In a complex deal, DeWitt got Milwaukee Pitcher Joey Jay, the first Little Leaguer to make the majors...
As for Iraq, Mattei is more than ready to take on the Western oil majors there, or anywhere else. "Now we have experience," says he. "Now we have our staff of thousands of engineers, geologists, chemists and other specialists. Now I'm in the same situation as the big...
Big Binge. Wade Blasingame was only one of several bonus babies the Braves have landed this season by all but digging into the mortgage money: four other pitchers cost them around $275,000. (Clubs never disclose exact bonuses, are suspected of wildly inflating some figures for publicity, deflating others to...