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...smart money says the Angels are a flawed team: too many injuries, no shortstop, little speed, middling defense. Still, the offense can erupt against any pitcher. Says Slugger Baylor: "We put a lot of sixes and sevens on the Scoreboard." One thing the Angels do have is the peppy slogan required of all Cinderella teams. For the 1969 Mets it was "You gotta believe"; for the 1979 Angels, "Yes, we can." After last week's clincher, Manager Jim Fregosi unveiled a T shirt with the inevitable updating: YES, WE DID. If the team can say that...
...against St. John is that he has an erratic arm, certainly nothing like Buckley's or Brown's or Kubacki's. But it's adequate. St. John has started for Harvard's baseball team for three years in the shortstop slot, a position that requires some degree of arm strength. And let's not forget that the last time St. John played with some regularity, as a freshman, he was 46--92 for 577 yards, 6 interceptions and 6 touchdowns. Not too shabby...
...dropoff has thrust senior signal caller Burke St. John into the starting role, backed up by junior Jim Keyte. Both starters for the baseball team--St. John at shortstop and Keyte on the mound--the pair have talent but lack varsity playing time...
...Carter's desk detailing the problems involved in the Post Office's getting into the business of transmitting electronic data. Top aides did not think it was necessary for the President himself to study the arguments, but as one of them explains: "There was no way to shortstop it, no place for it to go except to the President." Carter himself was part of the problem. He enjoyed minutiae, from details of shale rock formations to the precise boundaries of West Bank settlements. Says another aide: "Carter ended up mediating everything...
...hitting like mad. The team average is .291, highest in the majors, and in a recently completed twelve-game home stand, St. Louis batted an astonishing .364. Seven of the starters are hitting over their lifetime averages. Rightfielder George Hendrick, 29, is batting .342, fourth in the league, and Shortstop Garry Templeton, 23, is averaging .332 and fielding with a brilliance that recalls the feats of the great Marty ("Slats") Marion, who played the position for the glorious Cardinal teams of the 1940s. With the hits falling like raindrops, small wonder that the Cards celebrate each victory in the locker...