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...latest innovation for the national pastime?Day-Glo orange baseballs. Pitcher Vida Blue, still seething with the memory of past salary battles, flicked his orange ball into his locker with contempt. Slugger Reggie Jackson asked Finley only half facetiously if his recent hitting streak (eight home runs, 21 RBIS and a .388 average in 17 games) was worth a raise. "You've got to hit consistently," shot back Finley, "not periodically...
...decade. They are high expectations, derived in part from the yearly and wildly optimistic hopes of any dichard fan, but also because Yaz symbolizes the moment in history that fuels these expectations. That was 1967 the Impossible Dream pennant, when Yaz hit ...326, with 44 home runs, 121 RBIs, when he seemed to hit the game-winner or catch the game-saver every day. He won the Triple Crown, and was voted the Most Valuable Player in the American League. As Yaz became a near-god in Boston, his name took on an institutional quality. There was Yaz Bread...
Fred Lynn captures peoples' imagination in a way that makes history before it happens. Lynn, a rookie centerfielder fresh up from a quick but unbrilliant career with Pawtucket, is having a sensational, sensational year. He is leading the league in RBIs and leading the majors in run production--RBIs plus runs, minus the homers, which are duplicates. He is fourth in homers and number two in batting average, behind Rod Carew--which is like running second to Hermes. He handles centerfield like a fish in water and he runs the bases like a pro. In late June he knocked...
...fiddle to Lynn's Babe Ruth. Winner of the minor league Triple Crown last year with Pawtucket he was expected to be the real star, and in a Lynnless summer he would have been. As it stands, he's hitting almost ...300, and is third in the league in RBIs. Beginning the season as a designated hitter, he's recently moved to left field and has been fielding well...
Coach Tim Bilodeau substituted freely, allowing just about everyone a chance to bat. The big men on offense, however, were Corbett Saunders, who was three-for-four with one RBI, and Dave Miller, who was two-for-three with three RBIs...