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...Giants slugger Barry Bonds, after a play-off game in which he smashed two homers that led his team to the World Series, lifted his jersey to display a black Under Armour shirt. He told reporters, "I'm not a superstitious person, but my son wears this brand, and he said, 'We've never lost a game when I wore this shirt,' so I put this shirt on." Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, Chicago Cubs first baseman Eric Karros and other big names appear in Under Armour ads for free--or for a donation to their favorite charity. Yankees pitcher...
...sportswriter for the Washington Post, Leavy represents Koufax's career vividly, from the time he was first scouted by the Dodgers ("The hair on my arms rose," Al Campanis reported) through those five years in the 1960s when he may have been the greatest pitcher ever--so dominating, said slugger Willie Stargell, that hitting against him was like "trying to drink coffee with a fork." In his last season Koufax won 27 games yet chose to retire at the age of 30, his left arm so ravaged by then that he was living on cortisone...
MARK REACHED. By BARRY BONDS, 38, who hit his 600th home run with a 421-ft. shot to center field at Pacific Bell Park. The San Francisco slugger became only the fourth major-leaguer to attain the goal...
DIED. TED WILLIAMS, 83, Hall of Fame Boston Red Sox slugger (see APPRECIATION...
...year-old Red Sox slugger, who had previously expected to finish the season on the road with the Boston team, decided after the game to call it quits with his fitting round-tripper. “I’m convinced I’ve quit at the right time,” Williams told the Associated Press in the dressing room...