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Right fielder Dave St. Pierre, third baseman Jim Thomas and catcher Dan Williams slashed two hits apiece, but Harvard was unable to push the runs across as Jakubowski worked out of jams in the second and third innings to escape unscathed...
Leading 1-0 after a first-inning run, Miami boosted the margin to 2-0 in the fourth with Vaughn Flick's home run. In the fifth Hurricane All-American Orlando Gonzales's single sent third baseman Jim Costa home, after Costa had singled and stolen second. In the sixth Holt walked Witt Beckman, gave up a bunt single to Marty Flick to set the stage for a run-scoring single by Wayne Krenchicki...
...green and gold during the week and an all-white outfit on Sundays-and its multiplicity of managers (13 in 14 years). Every season Finley issues at least one directive that infuriates the team. Last year he decided in the middle of the World Series to fire Second Baseman Mike Andrews for twice booting the ball. His daily phone calls to the manager from his office in Chicago keep the clubhouse humming with rumors about the "Great White Father" or "Rasputin...
That the A's continue to win-at the end of last week they had a precarious hold on first place-is a tribute to the players' spirit as much as to their skill. "We win because we have guys who love the challenge," explains Third Baseman Bando. "We have a nucleus of gutsy players who don't know how to lose." That nucleus includes Shortstop Bert Campaneris, Leftfielder Joe Rudi, Pitcher Catfish Hunter, Reliever Rollie Fingers, Bando and, of course, Jackson...
Alvin Dark, 52, was not always so ready to turn the other cheek. In a distinguished major league career that spanned 14 years as third baseman and shortstop for six teams, including two seasons as captain of the pennant-winning New York Giants, he was one of the most aggressive players in the game. When he became manager of the San Francisco Giants in 1961 he quickly earned a reputation as a first-class thrower of chairs and pounder of tables...