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...minimized in recent seasons, San Francisco Manager Frank Robinson, a Hall of Famer inducted just last summer, believes, "This current group may be the last of the lot who can be compared favorably to the oldtimers already in the Hall of Fame." Robinson is from the previous group, those "Ruthian black names" (Johnny Bench's perfect phrase) whose passing seemed to contain no renewal, just an end: Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Willie Stargell...
Meanwhile, Mike Stenhouse and Mike Wilhite will continue to perform Ruthian feats in the Ivy League and dream of the days of wine and roses in the dugout...
...simultaneously developed a reputation for clout in the dining room. A typical Ruthian breakfast: a porterhouse steak, four fried eggs and a large portion of fried potatoes, washed down with a pot of coffee and a pint of bourbon. Between games of a doubleheader, he would mix a quart of pickled eels (donated by Teammate Lou Gehrig's mother) with a quart of chocolate ice cream and devour the concoction...
...true Ruthian fashion, Peters swatted a 300-foot three-run double, sending Northeastern in search of relief...
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