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...John's vaunted sinkerball which produced 18 ground ball outs, including three double plays, that allowed the L. A. outfielders a day of rest. Philadelphia's impotent playoff bats managed only four hits and two outfield putouts...
...Angeles Dodgers have never made a habit of playing exciting baseball against anybody except the San Francisco Giants, and if the playoff for the National League pennant had been between those two teams, people might still be talking about the opening game...
...favor, Mr. Self Indulgent. Hop the next plane to Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, or Milwaukee. Tell everyone you're from Boston, and they'll sit there wondering what a playoff and excitement on a baseball diamond in autumn are like. Tell them you were there and felt the vibrations of Athens and Sparta and your team almost won. They won't feel sorry for you. They shouldn...
That, of course, and New York relief pitcher Rich Gossage's out-dueling of Boston captain Carl Yastrzemski. For when Gossage popped up Yastrzemski with two out in the ninth at Fenway yesterday afternoon, the Yankees had taken the onegame playoff for the American League East crown in dramatic fashion...
...Wright, former Sox starter, smiled, "Maybe we should call Bernie down in Cleveland and promise him a full playoff salary if he can pinch hit a home run against New York...