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During his playing days 30 years ago, the Hall of Fame shortstop for the Chicago White Sox was known as Old Aches and Pains. But last week Septuagenarian Luke Appling could say, "I never felt better than I did last night." The reason: as the lead-off batter for the American League in the Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic at R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, he smacked the second pitch into the leftfield stands. The fence was only 250 ft., but never mind, nobody was counting up feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years...
...worshiped fathers who competed in organized sports into their 40s. In Bridgehampton, N.Y., between the potato-farming Yastrzemskis and the Skoniecznys on the maternal side, there were enough men and boys to field a Polish-American town baseball team that was something to sneeze at. Carl Sr. was the shortstop, Carl Jr. the second baseman. At 15, young Yaz experienced the unusual delight of joining his father in hitting back-to-back home runs. Now his own son Mike, 20, is a senior at Florida State and a major league prospect...
...devotion, however sometimes spreads beyond traditional outlets. For example he is currently waging a campaign to get Pee Wee Reese named to the Hall of Fame when the Veteran's Committee considers the former Dodger shortstop early next year. Kelly is funding the drive by selling shirts and stickers declaring "PEE WEE BELONGS IN THE HALL...
BOSTON--California shortstop Tim F li drove in four runs with a homer, single, sacrifice fly and suicide squeeze bunt to lead the Angels to a 10-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox yesterday...
Lefty John Sorich came in from the bullpen and after running the count on Snarsky to 3-1, got him to ground to shortstop. The ball, however, skipped up off the bumpy infield and ricocheted off Tony DiCesare's shoulder and into center field, scoring two more runs, all that Ballerini would need on this...