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Hurst, a left-hander, was Boston's opening day pitcher in 1984 when the Red Sox started the season in California against the Angels...
...baseball pitcher whom not even New York City can enlarge or exaggerate stands atop the hill and the heap at 21. Without counting the mound, which is also situated about ten inches above the rest of the field, Dwight Gooden in just two major league seasons has risen like an illusion of a fastball to a height somewhat loftier than 6 ft. 3 in., and a level nearly beyond imagination. When Sandy Koufax says, "I'd trade anyone's past for Gooden's future," that includes Walter Johnson's, Grover Cleveland Alexander's, Bob Feller...
...losing record overall with the Reds, Cubs and Indians, Vander Meer pitched two consecutive no-hitters in 1938. As a craftsman, Gooden puts him in mind of Ewell Blackwell; as a hard thrower, he recalls Van Lingle Mungo. "But no one I ever saw was the thinking pitcher at a young age that this kid is now." Owing to a wisdom that has comforted him for almost 50 years, Vander Meer has no fear for his memories. "Gooden's the guy who could tie my record," he says with a twinkle, "but to break it, don't forget...
...Diego first baseman Steve Garvey, formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose father served as the Brooklyn Dodgers' springtime bus driver in the '50s. Rising from Dodger batboy to star of the team, Garvey prepared Tampa well for its improbable position now as producer of both the most effective pitcher and the most efficient hitter in baseball: the Mets right-hander Gooden and the Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs. One, the National League Cy Young Award winner by acclamation last year (24-4 record, 268 strikeouts, 1.53 earned-run average); the other, the American League batting champion...
...trippers--less than a quarter of Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755. Hammerin' Hank's chase of Babe Ruth was one of the most celebrated in all of sports. Aaron pounded his record-tying 714th tater on opening day, 1974. Five points if you can name the pitcher off whom Aaron connected and five more if you can name the stadium in which the momentous event took place...