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...basketball for their major leagues? University of Nevada Baseball Coach Bill Ireland displayed confidence in the quality of his 1967 squad by stating that he would like to field his team in the California league this summer. College baseball has come of age, as the instant success of Rick Reichardt, Rick Monday, etc., will attest...
Stinging Tributes. Those feats are minor sensations compared to the springtime heroics of a pair of rookies named Rick Reichardt and George Scott. "I don't have a natural home-run swing. My arms are too short," says Outfielder Reichardt, a 23-year-old Wisconsin lad who signed a $200,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels in 1964-thereby making him the most beautiful bonus baby of all time. Rick's first act as a pro was to step into the batting cage at Chavez Ravine and belt a ball straight over the 410-ft. sign...
...solid 6-ft. 3-in. 210-pounder, Reichardt insists that he has not yet begun to hit. Earlier this month, he tied a big-league record by hitting two home runs in one inning. And last week he ranked ninth in the American League in batting (.304), second in home runs (eight), fifth in RBIs (18) and first in getting hit by pitched balls (six). They sting-oh, how they sting-but they are the sincerest tribute any pitcher can pay a batter...
...Good. Hardly anybody throws at George Scott-and that's another kind of tribute. The rookie first baseman of the Boston Red Sox is sturdier (at 6 ft. 2 in., 217 Ibs.) and maybe even stronger than Reichardt. He also is a straightaway swinger who hits his hardest shots right back through the middle-over the pitcher's mound. So opponents have concentrated instead on varying their pitches, probing for a weakness. New York's canny Whitey Ford figured a high fastball might be just the ticket-until Scott hit it 500 ft. into the upper deck...
...Siebein, Reichardt; Minnesota, Oliva...