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...Mike Schmidt. 48: Ben Ogilvie. 41: Reggie Jackson. 41: Gorman Thomas. 38: Tony Armas. 35: Bob Horner. 35: Dale Murphy. 33: Eddie Murray. 32: John Matberry. 30. 2. "The Barber" Sal Maglie. 3. Cesar Tovar and Bert Campaberis. 4. Rod Carew. Pete Rose. Johnny Bench. Fred Lynn. 5. Cincinnatti's Ray Knight. 6. Lee Lacy. 7. Sandy Koufax. Denny McClain. Jim Palmer. 8. Bobby Bonds. 189 in 1970 9. Catfish Hunter: Minnesota. 4-0 10. Walter Johnson. Gaylord Perry. Bob Gibson. Nolan Ryan. 11. Phillies. Pete Rose. Bake McBride. Gary Matthews: Braves: Bob Horner. Chris Chambliss. John "the Count" Montefusco...
Returning from a trip to Saudi Arabia last week, Schmidt had stressed that West Germans, as citizens of a divided nation, were sympathetic to the Palestinian "moral claims of self-determination" and warned against branding all factions of the P.L.O. "terrorists." Though he was careful to reaffirm Israel's right to exist, Schmidt faulted Begin's policies as "not farsighted enough...
...that were not enough to inflame Begin, Schmidt had also characterized him unflatteringly in an off-the-record remark that found its way into the West German weekly Stern and, apparently, to Begin's ears. The Jews, Schmidt reportedly said, had taken 2,000 years to found a state "and then 30 years later, along comes a lunatic like Begin and puts everything at risk...
Begin, whose parents died in the Nazi Holocaust and whose animosity toward Germany is such that he even refuses to ride in German cars, was little inclined to let Schmidt off with just one stinging rebuke. Later in the week, he told reporters that Germans "should be ashamed of their Chancellor." Then, in a rambling radio speech on Israel's Independence Day, he insinuated that Schmidt had backed Nazi persecution of Jews just by serving in the German army on the eastern front in World War II. Schmidt did serve as an army lieutenant on the eastern and western...
Hoping to avoid a diplomatically dangerous exchange of insults, the normally sharp-tongued Schmidt refused comment, suggesting only that Begin read the complete transcript of his remarks. An official Bonn spokesman, meanwhile, dismissed Begin's accusations as "misleading and insulting," and inexcusable even during an election campaign. Though Begin supporters denied the charges of electioneering, there was little doubt that his anti-German tirade was popular at home. Begin seemed downright pleased by the diplomatic havoc he had wrought. Said he: "I won't lose even a moment's sleep...