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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Jackie Jensen, 55, strapping Boston Red Sox outfielder whose solid hitting and sure fielding won him the 1958 American League's Most Valuable Player award, but whose agonized fear of flying led him to cut short his career; of a heart attack; in Charlottesville...
...almost 43. At 41, Rose is just Rose, which Gertrude Stein somehow knew before The Sporting News. In the recordbook, they stand first and second among active players in games played, at-bats, hits, singles, doubles, extra base hits, total bases and runs scored. Their teams, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies, stand thicker than pine tar in taut pennant races as baseball resumes after last week's All-Star break. Though neither starred, Yastrzemski for the American League and Rose for the National were naturally in Montreal to confer, consult and otherwise hobnob with their fellow wizards...
...much as Yastrzemski's sparkling average and eleven home runs have meant to the Red Sox this year, the team's change of mood over the past two seasons must be attributed in the largest part to the Major, the tough tobacco-y Manager Ralph Houk. About the time that Mercenaries Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk and Rick Burleson shipped out, Houk shipped on. "When everyone was saying we'd finish last a year ago," says Yaz, "Houk was saying, 'Let's show them.' " Boston lost the second half of the strike-torn season...
Adjusting, always adjusting. Walt Hriniak, a scholarly coach with a pink face, is only 39 and has been with the Red Sox just six years, but the inscription on the back of his wristwatch says, "To Walt: Thanks. I wouldn't have made 3,000-400 without you." By his own calculations, Yaz has made "9 million adjustments and changes" in his batting stance over the years in order to continue to be able to get around on the fastball (should anyone ever chance to throw him one). At the plate in recent seasons, he has been listing forward...
What singles out Angell, aside from his smooth prose, is his often subjective, personalized technique. He certainly plays favorites with teams and players, unafraid to hope, in print, for a Mets win--because they won't win too many games--or a Red Sox pennant--became he is an unabashed fan. This luxury, unavailable to those writing daily on the beat, has helped "connect myself with the fans...