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...year ago, the untouted, inexperienced stickwomen jumped out to a flashy 6-3 record but suffered a forgettable stretch run, squandering their playoff chances and .500 mark with four consecutive defeats. So it's easy to see why Kellogg likes to look ahead, not behind...
Increased output from the goal scorers, couples with the usual defensive prowess and Ippolito's sparkling play should vault the stickwomen into the national rankings. An expanded playoff format will ease the way toward post season play, and cap a season next year's captains willwant to talk about...
...these areas moves out to the fire escapes or up to the roofs among the antenna forests, or out to the doorways where teen-agers and their elders mill, hang out and wait. They have not the Jordache look. A good pickup game is as exciting as an N.B.A. playoff in these places. Otherwise there are few signs of vitality. Street lamps arch like deacons over the relentless streets. Open hydrants shoot water at passing cars the way fire boats sprayed the tall ships in the Bicentennial festival...
...American League pennant in pre-playoff days, with Carl Yastrzemski winning the triple crown. But the Sox falter in the World Series, succumbing to St. Louis...
...appeared destined for a title in the A.L. East, allow the despised Yankees to catch up with them down the stretch, forcing a dramatic one-game playoff. In a contest laced with unexpected twists--including a home run by Bucky Dent which turned the tide--the Sox fall, 5-4, as Yaz pops out in the bottom of the ninth with the potential tying run on third base...