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Biotti deserves some kudos himself. The 6-ft., 4-in. righty befuddled the Elis with strong, tailing fastballs and a recently developed slider. He limited the Blue to four hits over six innings, surrendering only two runs during a slugger's afternoon...
Junior Rick Renninger looks like he will havethe first-base slot. The slugger hit .309 lastyear, and seven of his 17 hits went for extrabases. Renninger also has a good eye--he walked 20times...
...signed their historic arms accord. The President led the Soviet leader to a little study next to the Oval Office and produced a baseball that Joe DiMaggio had hoped to have autographed by Gorbachev at the state dinner the night before. Reagan was not just fulfilling the old Yankee slugger's request. He had a metaphor in mind. Are we, he asked, going to play ball? Yes, Gorbachev firmly agreed. Then the two men rejoined their top aides in the Oval Office for a critical hour-long bargaining session on ways to reduce their bloated arsenals of strategic weapons...
This week, those G.M.s are in Dallas for the annual baseball winter meetings, trading players just like I used to trade their cards. A left-handed pitcher for a righty slugger, a catcher who can hit for an ace reliever...
Like the Giants, the Cardinals fought off injuries all season, curing their pitching rotation just in time to parry a secondary assault from Montreal. First Baseman Jack Clark, the only St. Louis slugger, has missed 24 games with a sprained ankle, and is a doubtful participant this week. An old discard, Danny Driessen, 36, has been cracking doubles in his place. Devoured by a man- eating tarpaulin in 1985, whirlwind Leftfielder Vince Coleman resolves to stay clear of the machinery this year. "I don't go anywhere anymore," he shudders, "without my tarp detector...