Early season baseball tangled in wild guesses
The piece surveys standings across leagues with the Twins leading the American West and the White Sox and Angels in the chase. It notes the Cubs and Royals underperforming, Orioles and Yankees in a tight AL East race, while Dodgers Reds contend in the NL West and the Cardinals vie in the NL Central with the Phils.
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Cubs
Twins
White Sox
Chisox
Angels
Kansas City
Royals
Orioles
Yanks
Red Sox
Jim Palmer
Los Angeles
Reds
Dodgers
Cardinal
Birds
Phils
Baseball Draft Opens With Top Pick From St Michael HS
The annual summer free agent draft in New York sees a St Michael High School first baseman as the top pick. Expos take Bill Gullickson from Joliet, Brewers select Paul Molitor from Minnesota, Braves pick Tim Cole, and more teams choose players from high schools and colleges across the nation.
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NEW York
UPI
St. Michael
Montreal Expos
Bill Gullickson
Joliet
Ill
Milwaukee Brewers
Paul Molitor
University of Minnesota
Atlanta Braves
Tim Cole
Saugerties
N.Y
Detroit
Kevin Richards
Wyandette
Mich
St. Louis
Terry Kennedy
Florida State
California
Baseball Commissioner's Office
Richard Dotson
Anderson High School
Cincinnati
San Diego
Brian
Bird and Catfish Return To Form In MLB Wins
The Bird Fidrych and Catfish Hunter returned with dominant appearances. Fidrych pitched eight scoreless innings as Detroit beat California 8-0 while Hunter matched a strong comeback for New York in a 9-2 victory over Texas Rangers. Reggie Jackson backed Hunter with two homers for three RBIs as Jason Thompson drove in four for Detroit. Other AL results included Baltimore 5 Milwaukee 2, Chicago 9 Minnesota 5 in 12 innings, Boston 1 Kansas City 0, and Cleveland 3 Oakland 1.
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Bill Madden
UPI
Catfish
Mark
Fidrych
Jim “Catfish
Hunter
Detroit Tigers
California Angels
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Thurman Munson
Oakland A
Reggie Jackson
Jason Thompson
Tigers
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minnesota
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
Oakland
White Sox
Twins
Oscar Gamble
Richie Zisk
Orioles
Brewers
Lee May
Rudy May
May
RBI
Red Sox
Royals
Carl Yastrzemski
Luis Tiant
Bill
Jim Kern
Pat Dobson
Be a real friend not a tamer of wildlife this spring
Wildlife seasons bring many young animals to care of humans who think they can tame them. The piece warns that releasing or keeping tame wild pets leads to danger, legal trouble, and animal suffering as they outgrow affection and cause harm.
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Lee Rupp
Nature
Cubs Contend As Murcer Wind Blown Single Tops Dodgers
In a windy game Bobby Murcer delivered a 60 foot single driving in the Cubs final run in the eighth. Bruce Sutter secured his 16th save as Los Angeles fell 22-3 innings. Other NL results include Giants over Pirates in 12, Cards win on Hernandez single in 10th.
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Bobby Murcer
Bruce Sutter
Tom Lasorda
Dodgers
Murcer
Cubs
Gary Lavelle
Pittsburgh
al Oliver
Rich Gossage
Cards
Padres
Keith Hernandez
St. Louis
Lou Brock
Bowling Columbus Bowl Juniors Lead After Five Weeks
Summer bowling standings list Dirk White Traci Rybo and Roy Griepentrog among high scorers. Teams from Columbus Lincoln Hardville Fremont and Friend feature in a leader board with Glorian Osten Bev Miller Bettyrose Steenson and others. The Expos beat the Braves 4 2 as Jackie Brown thrives on the mound and Gary Carter hits his 10th homer.
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Dirk White
Traci Rybo
Royals
Bob Plankinton
Harry Carlson
Mabel Griepentrog
Princeton
Roy Griepentrog
Jim Becher
Bob Bennefeld
Deb Marcek
Wayne Lukert
Glorian
Eldie Osten
Columbus
Bev
Jim Miller
Lincoln
Bettyrose
Chuck Steenson
Mary
Orville Harrett
Hardville
Edna
Bill Pfeifer Humphrey
Doris
LeRoy Earleywine Fremont
Joe
Jean Karnick
Gene
Lois Orbin
Friend
Terri
Ken Mercer
Hiscratch
Garry Tempio
Sinemphon
Tony Scott
Simmons
Sictaden
Expos
Braves
Montreal
Jackie Brown
Gary Carter
Brown
Todd Trofholz signs with Nebraska Omaha Mavericks
Former Columbus High School and Southeast Community College standout Todd Trofholz has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Omaha men’s basketball program under coach Bob Hanson. He averaged 10.5 points and 8.1 assists at SECC, after 16.9 ppg in high school, and helps boost UNO’s recruiting class to three.
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Columbus
Southeast Community College
Fairbury
Todd Trofholz
University of Nebraska At Omaha
Maverick
Bob Hanson
Omaha Burke
Jim Gregory
Urbandale
Todd Freeman
UNO
Trofholz
SE Community College
Todd
Hanson
Bargen
Gary Bargen
SU Community College
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Walter Backman
Aloha High School
Beaverton
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13Th Street
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Columbus, Near
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Hebner
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