Word: yastrzemskis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pete Rose and Carl Yastrzemski, it is a very good year...
...Pete Rose ever grows up, we will all grow old, and if Carl Yastrzemski ever grows old, well... well, it's over, that's all. The summer has been improved by the improvement of Yastrzemski, a Yaz of yore again and 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...
Faded portraits of Red Sox stars cover all the walls. Near the door hangs a picture of Beantown god Carl Yastrzemski presenting Jimmy Carter with a team uniform--a ceremony which took place in the store...
...York has more professional sports than boroughs. Boston has Larry Bird. Carl Yastrzemski and the Marathon. Los Angeles has Magic Johnson and Steve Garvey; Alabama has The Tide, and Indianapolis has The Race. Each year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, an estimated 375,000 people gather for "The Greatest Single-Day Sporting Event In The World," the Indy 500. Officially the race doesn't have a name. it is the only event held at the Indianapolis Motor Speed-way each year, and the tickets say simply, "500 mile race." But to a large segment of the American auto-racing...
...used to be that you had to accumulate six Chris Speirs or seven Fred Lynns before getting a Carl Yastrzemski or Willie Stargel. But now you're assured of a Fernando Valenzuela or Ron Guidry for every 30 cents you spend...