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...other third baseman," the Cardinals' Terry Pendleton, did the most to brighten the opening two games in Kansas City, both in the field and at bat. Though outpitched twice, St. Louis won 3-1 and 4-2. In the second game, poor Charlie Leibrandt would have thrown a three-hitter to level the Series for the Royals if only Catcher Jim Sundberg or First Baseman Steve Balboni had overtaken a foul pop-up just beside the dugout. The spitting image of Archie Bunker's meathead son-in-law, Balboni wears a particular expression of impending disaster...
...After Leibrandt was bled to death with two out in the ninth, some were saying Howser froze at the controls, though more likely he was silently adjusting to a declining confidence in Reliever Dan Quisenberry. Despite 37 saves this year, Quiz no longer seems made for such moments, and afterward he did not claim the last out as his rightful province. "The higher we think of ourselves," said Quisenberry quietly, "the more chances we have of being disappointed in ourselves." Kansas City could have taken this for an epitaph, but as Toronto learned in the American League play-offs, which...
...fifth game, when a close call at the plate caused Manager Whitey Herzog to mutter a few favorite epithets, the treat of a Tudor-Saberhagen showdown in a seventh game began to come into focus. All that required was a happier destiny for old Leibrandt in Game 6: a preposterous ninth-inning comeback, 2-1, topped by Dane Iorg's pinch...
...miracles happen. A baby-faced, 21 year-old lefthander named Steve Avery firing blanks at the Pirates in the NLCS, and next thing I know, Charlie Leibrandt is starting for the Braves in...in the Metrodome...
Avery, Charlie Leibrandt and Alejandro Pena were among the pitchers who played...