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...grown men-it is the most difficult task in sport. Consider the problem: a bat 2¾ in. in diameter at its widest, hitting a ball not quite 3 in. in diameter; two objects-one cylindrical, the other a sphere-meeting headon. Consider the speed: a major league pitcher's fastball traveling well over 90 m.p.h., hissing the 60-ft. 6-in. distance from mound to plate in ⅔ of a second. Consider the odds: the game's greatest stars failing the task seven times in ten, and still they are .300 hitters, worthy of holding forth...
...Greater Boston League opener on April 11 at Boston College came next, Park started six freshmen among them pitcher Ron Stewart, and bombarded the Chestnut Hillers, 12-2 for his team's ninth straight win. Stewart fanned 11 in the encounter as the young Harvard team proved itself very disrespectful to its elders...
...Walter O'Malley, cigar-puffing grandee of the Los Angeles Dodgers. And Stan Musial, of the .330 lifetime average and undying fame. Then there is Artie Wilson of the Negro Leagues, who outshone Jackie Robinson and won only mildly-regretted obscurity, and Early Wynn, the Hall of Fame pitcher who threw at the head of any batter who stood between him and his historic 300th career victory--including, in one exhibition, his own son. There are countless anecdotes, profiles, memories that are not really nostalgic, but simply songs of praise to the simplicity and elegance of a game all these...
...Mets' switchboards were jammed by irate callers protesting the trade. The 8,915 fans who turned out for the first Seaver-less game in Shea came primarily to display their disgust through caustic banners. Shortstop Bud Harrelson, the star pitcher's close friend, found a much-coveted radio waiting in his locker after a tearful flight back from Atlanta. Said Harrelson: "That radio of his has been in the clubhouse since the beginning of time. I couldn't take it home because it's like part of the ballpark itself. That part of him is still...
Even in losing, the Devils made noise. Trailing Southern Illinois 3-2 in the botton of the ninth with two out and nobody on, Allen tapped to the pitcher to end the game, except that the first baseman forgot to catch the ball, bringing the winning run to the plate in Horner, who had already belted one out of spacious Rosenblatt Stadium. Horner slammed the first pitch some 350 feet, only to have it caught at the wall. College baseball at its finest...