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...BALTIMORE--If Boog Powell returns to 1966 form and the young pitchers who won the Orioles the pennant that year also find the winning groove again, then 1968 could be a big Bird year, despite Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal. The Robinsons will hit, but the team's success may lie in large measure in Manager Hank Bauer's talents--Baltimore needs coaching and coddling...
...than norm for a staff that compiled only 22 complete games all year. Their relievers saved them last year, but Stu Miller is approaching 40, Moe Drabowsky's 7-0 record was preceded by a 48-81 and 4.19 ERA lifetime mark, and Dick Hall is gone. Luis Aparicio, Boog Powell, Frank Robinson. Russ Snyder, and Paul Blair batted an average of 25 points higher than their career marks accumulated over a total of 39 years...
Brooks Robinson is, next to Willie Mays, probably the greatest clutch player in the game today, and Frank Robinson killed the Dodgers when the Reds won the pennant in '61; but before and after those two there ain't much. Unless you think Big Boog Poweel will be able to hit Sandy Koufax, which...
Clams & Claws. Maybe the Orioles won't win. But at the very least, they are the kookiest cast of characters who ever called themselves a ball club. First Baseman Boog Powell is (at 6 ft. 4½ in. and 246 lbs.) one of the biggest men in baseball, and he spent seven years perfecting the fine art of tobacco chewing-"the trick," says Powell, "is not to swallow." Leftfielder Curt Blefary keeps a pet cocker spaniel that has scrambled eggs and Coke for breakfast. "Ugh," says Blefary, who has been known to start his own day with clam chowder...
With the way cleared by the absence of Harvard's Walt Hewlett and ailing Dave Vie Boog led a Brown sweep of two-mile in 9:42.6, but Harvard's turned in a 4:17.3 time, his of the year, to beat Boog...