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Monday's Greater Boston League (GBL) contest, eventually called for darkness after eight innings and almost four hours of play, was a pitcher's nightmare. The game's first two innings alone featured a total of 37 batters, 18 runs, 13 hits and 12 walks...
Matt Merola, who represents Seaver in a variety of ventures, said the 42-year-old pitcher had not received any offers from major league teams since his contract with the Boston Red Sox expired at the end of last season...
Seaver was not available for comment, and Merola said the pitcher is declining all requests for interviews...
...starting pitcher John O'Connor (4-1 EIBL) took a two-hitter and a 5-0 lead into the sixth inning, but the Crimson--behind five singles, a double, and a ground out--was able to tie the contest at five runs apiece...
Rotisserians are drawn, as the cliche goes, from all walks of life. Iowa Congressman Fred Grandy, who played Gopher Smith on the TV show The Love Boat, is a player; so are former Major League Pitcher Jim Kaat and Today-show Host Bryant Gumbel. The American Dreams, the second oldest league in existence and the first to play the game with American League ballplayers, consists mostly of New York City journalists and writers. Tony Lukas of the Palukas has won Pulitzers both for his reporting for the New York Times and for his recent book on Boston race relations, Common...