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...into October. The crash of 1969 was finally put behind. Before leading off in the first game with San Diego, Centerfielder Bobby Dernier consulted Shortstop Larry Bowa. "When do the butterflies go away?" he wondered. "After the first pitch," Bowa replied, so Dernier hit the second pitch over the leftfield wall. Speeding from first to third on an infield out, he eventually scored the opening run in Game 2 as well. Then the butterflies, San Diego and especially Steve Garvey came back...
Mike Easler opened the inning with a double off reliever Curt Kaufman (0-1) and scored two outs later when Stapleton pulled a double into the leftfield corner. Following a walk to Glenn Hoffman, Jerry Remy singled to score Stapleton. Frank LaCorte replaced Kaufman and Dwight Evans doubled on his first pitch to drive in Hoffman...
...Milwaukee second, Ted, Simmons led off with a single and centerfielder Gormon Thomas, who shared the major league lead of 39 homers with California's Reggie Jackson, lofted a 1-0 breaking ball into the leftfield seats...
...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. As far as anyone could remember, he is the oldest player to hit a home run in even a quasi-major-league game. A surprised Warren...
...innings go on without him. "Making a great play in the field always meant as much to me as a hit. I miss that," says Yaz, taking a deliberate drag from an omnipresent cigarette (he claims he never inhales). "I miss The Wall at Fenway [the 37-ft.-high leftfield monster]. I could play it in my sleep, and I do. Of course, they resurfaced it five or six years ago and ruined it. The rivets: they used to be fun. Decoying the runners into stopping at first base, when I knew that the ball was a double. I loved...