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...Yastrzemski ever grows old, well... well, it's over, that's all. The summer has been improved by the improvement of Yastrzemski, a Yaz of yore again and almost 43. At 41, Rose is just Rose, which Gertrude Stein somehow knew before The Sporting News. In the recordbook, they stand first and second among active players in games played, at-bats, hits, singles, doubles, extra base hits, total bases and runs scored. Their teams, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies, stand thicker than pine tar in taut pennant races as baseball resumes after last week...
Sports writers are quick to point out that in "this great, Ivy-draped grid rivalry" it is possible, and, in fact, advisable to "throw out the recordbook." Unfortunately, this advice is rarely heeded; the book is dragged out almost as frequently as in the World Series...
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