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The effect of Gilliam's death on the club varied with each player, but there was little doubt that the Dodgers' fierce concentration during the opening games was heightened by their determination to make Gilliam's last team a championship club. Captain Davey Lopes insisted the night...
Another home-grown Los Angeles star, Lopes was perhaps closest to Gilliam of all the Dodgers. In Game 1, he played with a vengeance. For all the intricate meshing of team play in baseball -the lightning ballet of the double play, the slick-quick coordination of a relay from the...
The Yankees, accustomed to pyrotechnics themselves, had to play pecking baseball, although Jackson stretched his World Series home-run string to four straight games. His towering blast cleared the left-field fence, the Yankee bullpen, and nearly carried over the wall to the parking lot beyond-460 ft. to the...
Still, the game's best defensive play was a portent of heroics to come and a change in the fortunes of the Series. Yankee Third Baseman Graig Nettles, acquired in a trade with Cleveland before the 1973 season, made a spectacular diving catch of a line drive. In the...
But the Yankees had bought some speed of their own during the winter: Reliever Rich Gossage, acquired as a free agent for a reported $2.75 million over 6 years. He finished his first season in pinstripes by saving 27 games and compiling an earned run average of 2.01, impressive figures...