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Bernstein also tends to produce a surprise every now and then. "If you had said a year ago that she would have two home runs I would, have fallen down laughing." Morris says. With three games left this year. Bernstein has statistics that would make Dave Winfield wince and George Steinbrenner feels shortchanged: 51 at bats. 27 hits. 15 RBI's. 24 runs, two homers and a 529 average...
While the Yankees dominated the off-season with their ballyhooed signing of free-agent Outfielder Dave Winfield, the Orioles were quietly acquiring less expensive but perhaps equally valuable utility players. Manager Earl Weaver, the man of a million statistics and even more stratagems, gleefully analyzed his new acquisitions: "First we got Jim Dwyer, who can both pinch hit and shore up our late-inning outfield defense. He can play first base too, so that gives us options in the infield as well. Then there's José Morales, who batted .303 as a designated hitter with Minnesota last year...
...sure, Winfield was perhaps the brightest diamond among a rather lusterless crop of free agents this year, the 48 veterans who played out their options after at least six years in the majors. Yet some of those players won astronomical contracts, considering their limited skills. Former New York Met Outfielder Claudell Washington reportedly received $2.5 million over five years from the Atlanta Braves, despite a lifetime average of .279 and a seven-year home run total of 47. Texas Rangers Utility Infielder Dave Roberts received a new contract for more than $200,000 a year from the Astros, even though...
...Winfield took a long look at his $20 million deal and concurred: "There will be a tremendous spotlight on me. There is no easy money here...
Nowhere is Graber's clean and classic style more grandly evident than in Winfield House, the London residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Britain that he and Haines renovated for Publisher Walter Annenberg at a cost of more than $1 million. Graber's following is predominantly Western and wealthy, including such clients as the Alfred Bloomingdales (department stores) and the Henry Salvatoris (oil). Says Grace Salvatori: "He has a great sense of color and quality. The night Ted Graber has finished, everything is complete, right down to the flowers and bonbons on the tables. Your husband comes...