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...Sosa are likely to stay there, becoming the first non-Yankees to hold the homer record since 1919, when a Red Sox pitcher-outfielder named Ruth hit 29. They won't have diminished the Babe's achievements--partly because he was so much better than the best of his day. (In 1927, when Ruth smacked his 60, only one other player, Lou Gehrig, hit more than half that number.) And partly because baseball fans, the most traditional of mammals, believe deep in their atavistic hearts that then was better than...
...Number of times McGwire has been retired this year by Kevin Brown of the San Diego Padres, the pitcher who has retired him most often without surrendering a homer...
...Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa [SPORT, July 27]. As a lifetime fan of baseball, I have more trouble enjoying this great game as its keepers continue to try to destroy it. I do have one complaint. Your list of the leading Cy Young award winners for best pitcher showed Steve Carlton winning four of them with St. Louis. While Carlton started his career with the Cardinals, his greatest success came with the Philadelphia Phillies. I know because at times he was the only reason to watch the team. It may not seem like...
...omitted one record that may be further out of reach than any other: consecutive no-hit games by a pitcher. The number of games is two, and it is held by Johnny Vandermeer of the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched his two historic games against the Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. Just imagine the media frenzy that would erupt if Roger Clemens or David Cone were to pitch two no-hitters in a row! KENNETH WIMMEL Bethesda...
...They tried to hit a Frisbee with a stick," she'll say. Not so. It was a broom. The batter, standing in front of an old barn in the backyard, tried to hit the Frisbee with a broom--no cinch, I can attest, when the pitcher's repertoire included an effective slice ball. Imaginary base runners advanced according to a formula having to do with logarithms. After that, the rules got complicated...