Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...TIME really blow it. And we in Pittsburgh know it. Bench is something you sit on. Best catcher is Manny Sanguillen...
JAMES B. HANRAHAN Pittsburgh...
...Johnny Bench is a better catcher than Manny Sanguillen of the Pittsburgh Pirates, then Fidel Castro works for Gillette...
This situation is almost certainly too idyllic to last. Interest rates have been inching up lately; recently, Pittsburgh's Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. lifted its prime lending rate for businessmen by ⅛%, to 5½%, and some other major banks have followed suit. By fall, board members fear, the growth in loan demand that accompanies a business surge will put upward pressure on mortgage, consumer credit and some other interest rates. In addition the Treasury will have to begin borrowing heavily by late summer to finance a growing federal deficit. It is now estimated that the Treasury...
...Injuries. Despite that torrid pace, Cincinnati at week's end was still in a close battle with the Houston Astros for first place in the Western Division. Bench, too, had personal competition from baseball's sudden wealth of gifted catchers. His closest rival for pre-eminence is Pittsburgh's Manny Sanguillen, a favorite among fans for his antic enthusiasm. The scourge of opposing pitchers, Sanguillen stands out even among the Pirates' offensive dreadnaughts. Last week he ranked third in National League batting with a .332 average. Sanguillen, like Bench, belongs to that rare species of athlete...