Word: patek
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...fact that the Royals have again lost the American League pennant in the playoffs. Two images linger in the mind: Yankee Chris Chambliss hitting the home run in 1976 that beat the Royals in the final inning of the final game, and, in 1977, Royals' Shortstop Fred Patek openly and unashamedly weeping while he sat alone on the bench after another final-game loss to the Yankees. Wait until next year, the Royals' fans kept muttering, in the classic fashion of losers, and now next year begins this week when Kansas City once again gets its chance...
...outdone, Brett homered again in the third; but the Bronx Bombers came back in the fourth when captain Thurmon Munson doubled, then came home on a Reggie Jackson single. Lou Piniella followed with a single and Jackson made it home on Royal Fred Patek's throwing error...
...Royals notched RBIs, with the big blow coming on little Fred Patek's two-run homer into the left-field seats in the seventh off Dick Tidrow, who otherwise pitched fairly well in 52/3 innings of relief...
...Mayberry to learn the words to "O Canada," then slammed a belt-high fastball to right field. Reggie Jackson went back to the wall, jumped...and came down with nothing. Hurdle ended up with a triple, and after a crash-bang play at the plate for the second out, Patek hit Tidrow's final pitch out of the park...
That brought Patek to the plate for the second time, and he laced a shot down the third base line into the corner. When left fielder Lou Pinella forgot about chasing the ball, thinking Patek had been awarded a ground rule double, both runners scored...