Twins Picked Fourth in AL Title Race Forecast
The Orioles and A's face potential disruption from a strike while contending for the division crowns. The Orioles rely on four 20 win winners and a stocked lineup including Don Baylor, Buford, Rettenmund, Blair, Grich, and Powell. The A's mustered a strong rotation with Hunter, Holtzman, and Blue, backed by hitters Bando, Jackson, Rudi, Epstein, and Campaneris.
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Mike Cuellar
Pat Dobson
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Frank Robinson
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Robinson
Don Baylor
Rochester
Baylor
Don Buford
Merv Rettenmund
Paul Blair
Bobby Grich
Brooks Robinson
Mark Belanger
Dave Johnson
Boog Powell
Vida Blue
A’s
Charles O. Finley
Blue
Denny McLain
Catfish Hunter
Ken Holtzman
Beaver freshmen quintet ends outstanding year
Bemidji Beavers freshman team finished 14-2 in a tough schedule under Coach Dave Hutchins. Key players included Gary Wagner, Mike Silk, Greg Beaumont, Steve Anderson, and Dan Richmann, with several others transferring or leaving. The squad relied on nine players and posted one of the best freshman records in the school’s history.
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Tony Burke
Steve Kirkpatrick
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Morris
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Jim Brewer
Husky Gopher
Clyde Turner
Gophers
Bill Musselman
Ron Behagen
Corky Taylor
Minnesota
Walt Johnson
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Murray
Dan Houck
Bloomington
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Randy Douvier
Melrose
Mark Lindahl
Duluth East
Musselman
Dick Siebert
Siebert
Roy Grink
Cal Stoll
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World Driving Championship opens with Filion and O'Brien
Herve Filion and Joe O'Brien will represent Canada and the United States in harness racing's World Driving Championship starting April 24 in Chicago. They face six more foreign drivers yet to be chosen. Adolph Ableis of Austria won last year. In Georgia, Bill Westmoreland leads the World Invitational Bass Tournament at Lake Lanier with 48 pounds 12 1/2 ounces after day two, chasing a $10,000 prize for the heaviest total.
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Bill Westmoreland
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Morlan Reflects On Twins and Minnesota Athletics Prospects
Cliff Morlan surveys a stacked Minnesota sports scene. He weighs the Twins, Oliva, Killebrew and surgery of team chemistry against Oakland and Baltimore, notes potential lineup shifts, trade talk, and the looming strike threat. He also references Gophers basketball and baseball, prep stars, and arena concerns.
Twins triumph over Phillies to end Florida swing
The Minnesota Twins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 to finish their Florida exhibition season with a 16-8 record. Jim Kaat pitched nine innings, allowing nine singles with an unearned run in the ninth. Harmon Killebrew hit his fourth homer, Rod Carew drove in a run, and Kaat added a sacrifice fly.
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