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Bauer's two blasts were nearly identical. Both at-bats the senior second baseman stepped to the plate with two down and leadoff man Brace Weller at second base. And though he waited till the third pitch in the third and the second offering in the sixth, the results were the same--shots well beyond the left field fence...
Across the meadow, Tommy Lasorda is singing about the Dodgers' latest "pheenoms": Greg Brock, a 25-year-old first baseman who has played four years in the minor leagues and 33 days in the majors, and Mike Marshall, a 23-year-old rightfielder who has never played the position before. "Tommy is good with young players," Anderson says. "They haven't heard his stories...
...fact that the Dodgers have provided the National League's past four Rookies of the Year, and the candidate of the moment is Brock, who on the strength of 17 major-league at-bats has been handed Steve Garvey's old position. Indirectly, Marshall is replacing Third Baseman Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero having transferred there from rightfield to make room for Marshall. Lasorda has told both newcomers, "When I replaced Walter Alston six years ago, all I heard was that I was replacing a legend. I said, 'I'm not worried about replacing a legend...
...results are what will tell. "Finally," Pitcher Jim Palmer says, "we're going to find out if we won despite Earl or because of him." The Yankees' clubhouse is filled, once again, with strangers, Steve Kemp, Don Baylor, a few other expensive new hands, prompting Third Baseman Graig Nettles to remark: "Every year, staying here is like getting traded." So Billy Martin's third term begins...
...chance to mingle with the holdover heroes of '69 and be coached by them. Finally, he would get to play against the aging Chicago stars at Scottsdale Stadium, where the team had trained in '69. Among them: Hall of Fame Infielder Ernie Banks, slugging Third Baseman Ron Santo, homeric Outfielder Billy Williams and solid Second Baseman Glenn Beckert...