Word: pittsburgh
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Veteran winger Don Marcotte knocked in two goals and added an assist to lead the Boston Bruins to a leisurely 6-2 route of the Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Garden last night in the opening game of their best-of-seven quarterfinal series...
...happiest millionaire must have been the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dave Parker. At 27, he owns the biggest contract in baseball (around $6 million for five years) and, by the admission of his peers, the gifts to go with it. He is, put sim ply, the best all-round player in baseball. Last year major league general managers voted him the player they would most like to have. Should such judgments seem too subjective for students of statistics, Parker can satisfy them as well: two straight National League batting championships (.338 in 1977 and .334 last season), consecutive Gold Glove Awards...
When the new season got under way last week, the temperature trembled at a subfreezing 31° in Pittsburgh, and Parker was every bit as cold. While umpires picketed outside Three Rivers Stadium and other major league parks in pursuit of a pay raise, baseball's best-paid player struck out twice, had no hits in four at-bats and made a fielding error in a 3-2 Pirate loss. Still, Tanner was not about to eat his words. Parker himself was calmly philosophical. "There's 161 games to go," said he. "I think I can improve...
Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh...
Boston 12, Milwaukee 10 New York 5, Baltimore 0 Toronto 9, Chicago 7 New York 3, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis...