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...Dartmouth student representing Japan finished second in the two-run slalom. Name...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: The Crimson's Winter Olympics Quiz | 1/23/1980 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pops Go the Pirates | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...Bucs scored all the runs they needed in the top of the sixth inning when series star Willie Stargell followed Bill Robinson's single with a towering drive to leftfield for a two-run homer off the south-paw starter Scotty McGregor...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Stargell Swings Bucs to Title, Named '79 World Series MVP | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

...final game the Pirates crushed Cincinnati 7-1 under a barrage of hitting and Bert Blylevin's seamless pitching. It took four Reds pitchers to withstand the first four innings, as First Baseman Willie Stargell and Third Baseman Bill Madlock hit home runs and Stargell added a two-run double to settle matters. Stargell, at the vintage age of 38, hit .455 with two home runs and six RBIs and was the unanimous playoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Full-Tilt Boogie Buccaneers | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Earl Weaver looked on first in anguish, then in outrage. The relief pitcher he had brought in to protect a two-run lead over the Oakland A's last week hit one batter and sent another sprawling to the ground to avoid a beaning. Bad enough, but then Home Plate Umpire Rich Garcia claimed that the pitcher had nicked the third hitter on the hand. In a flash of anger, the manager of the Baltimore Orioles came bellowing out of the dugout. "I heard wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

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