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...Reuss, who was 10-4 during the regular season with a 2.29 ERA, came in the second. Reggie Jackson doubled on the first pitch of the inning, and made it to third when second-baseman Dave Lopes bobbled a Bob Watson grounder. He scored moments later, when Lou Piniella singled into left field...
...Look at Pete Rose," suggested Lou Piniella, 38. "Pete led the National League in hits this year at 40." Actually, it was enough just to look at Piniella...
When Jackson left the second game after the second inning with a strained calf muscle, Piniella replaced him in the outfield for a time and batted well in the clutch. Lou undercut a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning that pretty much put an end to all the talk about Billyball...
...Piniella's theory that ballplayers reach a mental "danger point around 35 or 36," and if they get through it, provided they have taken reasonable care of their bodies, they can go on for ages. "It's just something regular that happens when you reach a certain age," agreed Bobby Murcer, 35, a self-mocking sort whose clubhouse chair is a rocking chair. "They put you on the back burner." The Yankees' new slogan: "Veterans Power...
Valenzuela fanned Lou Piniella to end the game with a flourish as the crowd of more than 56,000--the most in Dodger Stadium history--exploded in tribute to their chubby hero...