Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than survived, really; the Philadelphia Phillies, with 101 wins, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, with 98, duked out the teams in their respective divisions to establish themselves beyond a doubt as the class of the league...
...Phils did just that in an early August series against the Dodgers at Veterans Stadium. Philadelphia took the first game, 8-3, behind a seven-run eighth-inning explosion led by sluggers Mike Schmidt (38 HR's, 101 RBI's) and Greg Luzinski...
...game three, Philadelphia unleashed another of its weapons in the person of Steve Carlton (23-10, 2.64 ERA), who locked horns with Dodger ace Don Sutton (14-8, 3.18) and came up with...
...more weaknesses than Philadelphia, most notably at shortstop, center field and the bullpen. But they will be stronger on the mound for at least the beginning of games two and three, with Sutton and probably Burt Hooton (11-7, 2.66) starting. As for the bullpen, cheerleading manager Tommy Lasorda will probably shore up that Achilles heel with reserve started Doug Rau (3.43) and Rick Rhoden...
...cities other than Washington and New York cannot begin until a final ruling is issued. That will not be until early 1978, and "it may take longer than that," said Adams. Other airports that could become Concordeports are Anchorage, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma. Any of those can ban the Concorde on their own, despite last week's approval, but, said Adams, "they must do it in a nondiscriminatory manner." That means setting maximum noise levels that also rule out all other aircraft failing to meet the community...