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This year the stumbling started at the All-Star break, when the Red Sox were 57-26. In a decline fueled by injuries, they since then have played below .500 ball. In early July, Shortstop Rick Burleson hurt his ankle and missed 18 games, twelve of which the team lost. The Sox doyen. Carl Yastrzemski. injured his nagging back, then his shoulder, then his wrist. Pepper-Pot Second Baseman Jerry Remy fractured his wrist last month, and is still playing with it taped. Dwight Evans was hit by a pitch and gets dizzy chasing fly balls. Add to that Catcher...
...West, those streaking Dodgers ran into Phil Niekro's knuckler as the Atlanta Braves eked out a 3-2 win. Shortstop Bill Russel's costly error allowed the Braves to score the decisive unearned game-winner in the fourth inning...
...double plays?and infielder's pride?than any other man playing baseball today. During the 1970 All-Star game, a bone-crunching collision at home plate left Cleveland Catcher Ray Fosse sitting stunned in the dust and television viewers aghast. In 1973 Rose had a wrestling match with Mets Shortstop Bud Harrelson that left New York shrieking for his blood. Fans in rival cities pelted him with debris and jeered his every move...
...Foster. 4] "In The Year 2525." 5] Will McEnaney [1975, '76], Ralph Terry [1960, '62], Bob Gibson [1964, '67]. 6]1954 Yankees, 1961 Tigers. 7] Hobie Landrith. 8] Don Shaw. 9] Carl Taylor. 10] Bruce Kison. 11] Jay Mazzone. 12] Ross Moschitto. 13] Broken bat groundout to shortstop. 14] Jake Gibbs [Q.B. at Mississippi, 1963]. 15] Minnie Rojas. 16] Mike McCormack. 17] Norm Zauchin [1958]. 18] Cesar Guttierez of the Tigers. 19] .243 20] "The Little Putt Putt." 21] Jimmy Rosario. 22] Joe Sparma flushed them down the toilet. 23] Frank Robinson. 24] Light blue. 25] Jimmy Qualls...
Talent-wise, the squad is much improved from what was virtually a senior field trip last year. Elmblad says his "two stalwarts" are pitcher Caryn Curry, who is taking a spring siesta from her IAB hoop stardom in the winter, and freshman shortstop Betty Ippolito...