Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Through it all, there was Stargell. He knocked home four runs in the Pirates' decisive three-game streak, and in the final contest hit a single, two doubles and the towering two-run homer that guaranteed the champagne. When it was over, the slugger who has hit 464 home runs in his 18-year major league career considered his moment and deemed another day happier still. "When I signed with the Pirates in 1959," said Pops, the man who still plays ball for fun two decades later, "they gave me a $1,500 bonus and $175 a month...
Stargell, the Pirates ageless slugger, capped off an amazing series, with a record-setting 25 total bases. He won the 1979 World Series Most Valuable Player Award...
...Freshman slugger Tiina Bougas brought the Crimson a bit closer to the promised land of big time tennis as she captured the state singles crown and highlighted a Harvard onslaught, which, because of the scoring system used, actually clinched the team title on the tournament's first...
...Pirate slugger Dave Parker singled for his fourth hit to start the rally with one out. Then starter and winner Flanagan caught him in a rundown between first and second. Parker made second base, though, when first baseman Eddie Murray threw late to Mark Belanger covering second and Parker kicked the ball out of Belanger's glove...
...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...