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...this time, Steinbrenner had forced out enough Yankee managers to create a kind of bizarre farm system for managers. Included on the roster: Ralph Houk of the Boston Red Sox, Bill Virdon of the Houston Astros, Martin in Oakland. The list was extended last month when Howser was named to replace Jim Frey at Kansas City. Frey had taken the Royals to the World Series in his rookie season, but this year the club got off to a terrible start (twelve games behind Oakland in the American League West when the strike started...
...consecutive ball game. 3-1, to the Minnesota Twins. that's the longest losing streak in four years, and the latest was a four-hitter for Pete Redfern and Dough Corbett. "I've been around baseball for a long time, but I've never seen anything like this." Ralph Houk said. "It's almost unbelievable, incredible. Everything that could go wrong...
With just over a week remaining before major league rosters must be trimmed to 25 men. Red Sox manager Ralph Houk still has 15 pitchers fighting for nine or ten spots. Houk has virtually guaranteed spots to starters Dennis Eckersley, Frank Tanana, Steve Crawford, Chuck Rainey, John Tudor, and the apparently untradable Mike Torrez (only Pittsburgh has expressed real interest) will probably be included as well...
...Houk has repeatedly stressed that he will wait for "the decisions to be made for me by the players"--possibly hinting at a trade--but has remarked in the past that Aponte and Campbell fit into his plans...
...Cohasset native also has excellent range in the field. He concedes that he has a weakness batting against certain left-handers ("I would understand it if [new Sox manager Ralph Houk] sat me down against tough lefties," he said recently), but his solid six years batting against all comers show he is a major league hitter--plus. For Remy the answer is obvious. If he were Ralph Houk, he says. "I'd play me every...