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WINTER HAVEN, Fla.--Righthander Bruce Kison, 36, of the Boston Red Sox, announced his retirement today after nearly 14 years as a major league pitcher...
...spending their time looking around at whom they might take over or who may try to take them over. In a less frenetic period, RCA might not have been so eager to find a merger partner. The motto of these executives could be borrowed from the legendary baseball pitcher Satchel Paige: "Don't look back. Something might be gaining...
DIED. Burleigh Grimes, 92, Hall of Fame pitcher for several National League teams between 1916 and 1934 and 20-game winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, who became the last man legally to throw a spitball in a major league game; of cancer; in Clear Lake, Wis. The spitball was outlawed in 1920, but a grandfather clause allowed 17 known practitioners to use the trick pitch until they retired...
...There are a lot of variables when you sell at the game," says varsity pitcher Janet C. Dickerman '87. "Last year we had a hard time selling our cotton caps because it was so cold. People arrived already wearing wool ones...
Both men were ejected, and Pitcher Andujar had to be restrained by teammates during the six-run fifth inning of a foul-mouthed finale. Squalling over inconsequential balls and strikes, they really were pressing a grudge against American League Umpire Don Denkinger, who had made a fatal "safe" call at first base the night before. "I totally agree maybe he wasn't safe," allowed Denkinger decisively after viewing the replay. Branding American League umps "prejudiced" against National League teams, Herzog seemed to despair then and there. "We got as much chance of winning (tomorrow) as a monkey...