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Until recently, Tampa's most prominent baseball dreamer has been the San Diego first baseman Steve Garvey, formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose father served as the Brooklyn Dodgers' springtime bus driver in the '50s. Rising from Dodger batboy to star of the team, Garvey prepared Tampa well for its improbable position now as producer of both the most effective pitcher and the most efficient hitter in baseball: the Mets right-hander Gooden and the Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs. One, the National League Cy Young Award winner by acclamation last year (24-4 record, 268 strikeouts...
...only move Alston made in his 23-year managerial career was from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, and then only when the entire franchise was moving as well after the 1957 season. Before embarking on his career as a skipper, Alston kicked around in the minor leagues as a first baseman. In 1936, he got his one--and only--major league plate appearance. Ten points if you can select the correct outcome of that sole appearance...
Engineer shortstop Stacy Thompson and third baseman Diane DiMassa had a hand in 11 of Harvard's 21 outs...
Catcher Frank Morelli, for instance, who earlier nailed a B.C. player attempting to steal, snagged a good Mike Azzolini bunt up the firstbase line in the sixth inning and threw to first baseman Rich Renninger in time...
...second baseman Beth Marcus stroked a home run down the right field line in the top of the second, but the Crimson responded promptly in the bottom of the frame, to pull to a commanding 5-1 lead...