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Their backs are as colorful as a political rally; the stats are printed in color and go back as far as Fleer's cards do. And the prose underneath gives you the smell of a pennant. Of the Oriole's Eddie Murray, Score pontificates, "Eddie is a remarkable power hitter who crushes the ball equally well from both sides of the plate. In 1987, he bounced back from his '86 power shortage with his accustomed big bundle of homers and RBIs." Shakes peare pales...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: Examining This Year's Baseball Cards | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...grant one exception to the one-time-only, one-in-365 theory. A guy on my pee-wee Little League team was born the day the Red Sox clinched the pennant in 1967. Naturally, he is a Red Sox fan, and naturally, he will probably approach baseball for the rest of his life with an unusually sunny outlook. Who wouldn't, born under such lucky stars...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Baseball: A Real Sport for Real People | 4/6/1988 | See Source »

...This is the best offense in the division. And if Jack Clark's legs can hold up, the boys from the Bronx will be making some noise this summer. But can Rich Dotson and John Candelaria really help a questionable pitching staff? If so, the Bombers can win the pennant. If not, then the Yanks should be winning a lot of 10-9 games this year. Best player: Don Mattingly...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Guide to the 1988 Baseball Season | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...Here's the pitch, Mattingly swings. Deep to right. Forget that one. Upperdeck job by the Hit Man. Run the pennant up the New York flagpole. The ghost of Bucky Dent has revived itself today at Yankee Stadium...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Opening Daydream | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...more memorable than the average American luge run. Still, George vowed to slay the dragon of Olympic mediocrity: "We should go after ((excellence)) and spare no expense." So with baseball an exhibition sport this summer in Seoul, would Owner Steinbrenner donate an ace Yankee hurler during the pennant stretch for the sake of national glory? Sure -- "if the other owners did." Pause. Hmm. Well . . . "You wouldn't want to give up your star players. Maybe somebody from Triple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: In the Aftermath, Grousing About the U.S. | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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