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...Most notably, Oakland's Vida Blue, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando, Gene Tenace, Bert Campaneris and Bill North; St. Louis' Al Hrabosky and Ted Simmons; Philadelphia's Dick Allen and Dave Cash; Minnesota's Bert Blyleven; Baltimore's Ken Holtzman; Boston's Carlton Fisk; Cincinnati's Don Gullett, and Graig Nettles of the Yankees...
...becomes what none of the former greats of the game could ever hope to be-a talent who can sell himself to any owner willing to meet his price. (The celebrated Catfish Hunter case of 1974 was different. Hunter was declared a free agent by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn because Oakland, in declining to pay part of Hunter's salary to a company he had designated, failed to live up to its contract with him. He signed a $3.5 million contract with the Yankees...
...inherited that job last May when Stan Bahnsen was traded to Oakland," Varney said last week in reference to his extra responsibility, one which compelled him to come to Florida a month early for the player negotiations...
...Shadow Rolls-Royce to work out at a West Tampa park normally used by Little Leaguers. New York Mets Pitching Ace Tom Seaver cadged $2 each from a pickup team of ballplayers to buy baseballs for early-March makeshift practice sessions. Like a youthful playground gang, a group of Oakland A's slipped through a hole in the fence of their sealed ballpark in Mesa, Ariz., to sneak in a little illegal batting practice...
...owners feared chaos in baseball: the mass breakaway of players who as free agents would sell their services to the highest bidders, raising superstar salaries out of sight and tilting the competitive balance of the leagues to the clubs with the most money. Oakland Slugger Reggie Jackson, for one, seemed a super star likely to put himself on the open market. To add fuel to the fears, Los Angeles Dodger Pitcher Andy Messersmith, armed with his December arbitration victory, began entertaining bids last week from at least four teams. Nonetheless, the owners finally "bit the bullet," said American League President...