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During his playing days 30 years ago, the Hall of Fame shortstop for the Chicago White Sox was known as Old Aches and Pains. But last week Septuagenarian Luke Appling could say, "I never felt better than I did last night." The reason: as the lead-off batter for the American League in the Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic at R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, he smacked the second pitch into the leftfield stands. The fence was only 250 ft., but never mind, nobody was counting up feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years...
Yastrzemski, too, says, "I never cared about being a superstar. I just wanted respect." He has also made a splendid living. His salary this year is said to be $500,000. Over the years, he could have made more. "The Red Sox have been a family-type thing to me, especially when...
...Yawkey was alive." With a touch of vinegar, people used to joke that the first rule for managing the Red Sox was to get along with Yastrzemski, Owner Tom Yawkey's prized possession. "He was the most fantastic and kindest individual I've ever known," Yaz says. "As much as Mr. Yawkey wanted to win, he also cared about you personally. He knew the game and loved it. No owners will ever be like that again. He was all baseball...
...must have been, because Rose, the memory collector, made sure to add a meeting with Yawkey to his list of bright recollections from the 1975 World Series, when the Reds beat the Red Sox in seven memorable games. You see, Rose is a sentimentalist. "More than any other, that series lifted baseball, showed people how great it could be," says Rose. And Yaz nods: "Without a doubt, it moved people." If 1975 is the point where Rose and Yaz intersect, they also come together at All-Star games, a mortifying subject to American Leaguers after 19 losses in the past...
...Oldtimers Game ever at Fenway Park. I think twelve of the oldtimers were younger than I was. You don't have time to reflect, there's so much work to do, so much mental preparation. When the time comes, I'll still be with the Red Sox some way, maybe helping out in the Instructional League. But I won't go out on the road with a baseball team again. The fun is playing...