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...oddly, the sloppy, scary pennant series with the Indians explains how the Yankees were able to do what they did all this remarkable year. John Sterling, the radio announcer, said it in his curious quaver 114 times: "The-uh-uh-uh Yankees win!" They have demonstrated that winning in baseball sometimes consists of perfect games and of grand-slam home runs, but more often of base stealing, of advancing runners in hit-and-run situations, of fouling off ball after ball until the pitcher gets careless, of studying the field like a botanist on every play, of watching and anticipating...
Mark McGwire's significance to baseball should not be downplayed. He has broken--indeed, shattered--one of the most sacred and enduring marks of baseball, and has brought excitement to a season bereft of pennant races. But he also should not be elevated to something greater than he is. He is a great ballplayer, a hero to millions, but not a savior. The game can take care of itself...
...Trachsel, like Zachary, has a chance, albeit a slim one, at October glory, something McGwire, for all his individual success, does not. The record's sexiness notwithstanding, every at-bat for every Cubbie still involved in the pennant chase is at least as significant as every...
...McGwire's 129 RBI, 80 percent have come on home runs, and the Cardinals have only won 29 times when McGwire has gone yard. St. Louis' sub-.500 record demonstrates that Mac and the rest of the St. Louis baseball family packed in the pennant race some time...
...that all missiles based on it end up 10 miles from where they are supposed to be, or all ships that use it to navigate were off by two degrees, this really could be serious." Still, that's a very big if, like saying the Cubs could win the pennant if they could sign some decent pitching. Until the claims are substantiated, the MOD/2016216 remains group with ominous press, and that...