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DIED. Elston Howard, 51, versatile slugger who was one of the pioneering blacks in baseball's major leagues; of cardiac arrest; in New York City. In 1955, eight years after Jackie Robinson breached the game's color barrier by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, Howard became the first black...
The acquisition of Miller and Lansford paves the way for more trades by the Red Sox. Boston has offered center fielder Fred Lynn to a number of clubs, including the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.
If the Dodgers won't give the Red Sox what Sullivan feels Lynn is worth, perhaps the deal should be made elsewhere. The names have been tossed around like so many beanbags, and who knows what combination of Howe, Lopes, Hatcher, Law, Baker, Cey, Power, Beckwith and Stewart is packaged...
The problem is that the Dodgers don't want to trade him. The two teams have agreed on the basics: Steve Howe, Joe Beckwith and something else for Lynn. The Sox want that something else to be Hatcher, but the Dodgers have countered with an offer of speedster Rudy Law...
According to an official in the Dodger organization, those are all the names being thrown around at this time. If however, the Dodgers refuse to surrender Hatcher, two things could happen.