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...young, untested outfielder, it is hard to imagine a bleaker prospect than trying to break into the majors with the Oakland A's. Where can he play? Superstar Reggie Jackson owns right, fleet Bill North roams center like a gazelle, and modest Joe Rudi is known as the best leftfielder in baseball. Most teen-age players would cast a glance at that outfield and sign up with another club or resign themselves to ten years in the minors. Not Claudell Washington. He had an A's contract at age 17, starred in the World Series last year...
...year he had hit successfully in 20 straight games until he blew it on national TV--these are the kind of things that win All-Star berths in the national balloting. Despite ardent attempts by Boston fans to stuff ballots. Lynn lost out to the likes of Bonds. Rudi ad Reggie Jackson. Still he will play tonight in Milwaukee, chosen by manager as an early substitute. All-Star or no, he's Rookie of the Year baring a major nervous breakdown, and Most Valuable Player is not out of the question, either...
Oakland's power slugging of Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando, Billy Williams and Gene Tenace spreads fear in any sane pitcher, and the A's lose nothing in defense...
...Azur, it had on board a classic boatload of cash and culture. Some 200 music lovers paid up to $4,500 to glide around the Mediterranean to the personal accompaniment of the likes of Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, Violinist Alexander Schneider, Flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal and Dancer Rudi Nureyev. Each day the geniuses would entertain the guests. Rostropovich, who left Russia on a two-year visa last May, was the star both on and off stage. He hammed it up on the ship's piano clad in a bathrobe, and when the ship arrived in Istanbul, he went ashore...
...catch the world champions. The A's have the pitching and long-ball power to run away in the West. Catfish Hunter had already won 20 games when September began, and Ken Holtzman is rapidly closing in on the mark. In Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi, the A's have three of the top-six run producers in the league. That is the kind of record that will make other division winners long shots to take the World Series...