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Wayne Gross slammed a three-run homer and Mike Norris hurled a four-hitter as the Oakland A's blanked the Kansas City Royals 4-0, in the first game of the American League West division playoffs yesterday in Kansas City.
Yet despite its impact, menstrual distress rarely has stirred medical interest. Some attribute the neglect to sexist bias by a male-dominated medical Establishment. Says Family Practitioner Penny Budoff of the State University of New York at Stony Brook: "Many physicians act as if pain is women's due...
The Oakland pitching staff is baseball's best. The five starters (Norris, Langford, Keough, Steve McCatty, Brian Kingman) turned in 17 complete games in 21 starts-so many that the team's relievers worked a total of only 11% innings. One forlorn reliever, Bob Owchinko, did not throw...
Martin's pitching coach and longtime drinking buddy Art Fowler smartened up the staff-and there have been charges that he moistened them up as well. The A's remarkable pitching record, critics protest, has been aided by some slippery business. A team does not suddenly reduce its...
The A's pitchers angrily deny any such scurrilous allegations. Charges Norris: "I wouldn't throw that pitch. I'd get kicked out of the game." McCatty: "They've never proven it and they never will." Keough: "How do they know?" Langford: "Accusations don't...