Mincher Expendable as A's Chase Pennant Despite Hot Streak
Spotlight on Don Mincher traces his fall from key slugger to expendable asset as Oakland trades him to Washington for young Mike Epstein. The Alabama native, once a 27 homer man who led Oakland in RBI in 1970, confronts career churn while the A's ride a winning streak and the pennant hunt.
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Paul Corcoran
Oakland
Oakland A's
Don Mincher
Mincher
A’s
Joe DiMngelo
Washington
Mike Epstain
Huntsville
Ala
Capital
Detroit Tigers
Amador Valley dominates EBAL golf finals led by Rhodenbaugh
Powers of Newark led the MVAL finals at Silver Pines as Amador Valley swept the field at Sunol with Rhodenbaugh firing a 75 and Ford 73. Dons teammates Livingston and McGee backed the win while Livermore’s Fulton and Dilaura starred for all-league honors.
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SUNOL
Amador Valley High
Ted
Doug
Liver
Sam Dilaura
Eague
Kevin McGee
Pleasanton
Bob
Amador Valley
Livermore
Granada
Albany
Union
Dublin
Jet
Steve Mavis
Gordon Papnon
Dave Belporio
Mike Armstrong
Vic Wolfe
Jim Marke
Aug Parker
Stan Smith
Tom Graves
Bob Hannen
Newark
Washington High
Mike Powers
Joe Corcoran
Mission Valley Athletic League
Silver Pines
Sunol Valley
Powers
Wood
Corcoran
Steve Canale
Mission San Jose High
Medina Hurls One Hitter in Senior Division Action
Medina tossed a one hitter as the White Sox beat the Yankees 1-0 in Eden American Senior play. Jaycees rallied for an 8-7 win over Hammon Jensen Warron in Hayward American. Jeff Jones homered and drove in two as Lux Food Center beat the Gladiators 5-2 in Tennyson Little League. Castro Valley Lions edged Straw Hat Pizza 8-7 in Castro Valley National Highlands AA. Dodgers opened Mission San Jose senior circuit with an 11-1 win behind a grand slam by Ken Schmidt.
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Tito Perez
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Jay Cosgriff
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Ib—Bickford
Mission San Jose
la Fuente Pirates
Farney
Dodgers
Hinks
Mellings Cellshaw
Schmidt
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Fremont
Fross Galvin hurled hard one hitter in Haywards softball
Fross and Galvin combined for a one hitter as Construction crushed Ushers Inn 10-0 in HARD, 04 softball play. Dennis Bettencourt’s triple sparked a four run first, Ralph Johnson’s homer highlighted Supreme Rugs’ 4-3 win over PG and E, and other C-1 and C-2 results followed with multiple players stringing hits and runs.
South County A C blanks LaVerne in S L softball
South County A C topped Brad LaVerne 40 to move into first place in the San Leandro Recreation District 4 softball standings. Paul Runnels fired a five hit shutout for SCAC, who improve to 3-0 in league play while LaVerne drops to 2-1. Terry Lowe hit a three run homer for SCAC in the third inning. In the other game Chuck Burgers defeated Loyle's Locker Room 7-5 behind Wayne Formby and Darrell Eskridge home runs, with Rich Rodrigues earning the win.
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Paul Runnels
South County A.C
Brad LaVerne
SCAC
Terry Lowe
Darmage Wil
Chuckburgers
Loyle
Wayne Formby
Darrell Eskridge
Rich Rodrigues
Eskridge
Super Shell dominates Lakers in Newark lob-ball 23-4
In Newark the Super Shell squad overwhelmed the Lakers 23 to 4 as part of the NRD lob-ball league. Will Smith and Ben Gills homered, and a 20-hit attack sealed the win with a three-run sixth inning rally.
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Playboys
St. Howardis
Bando to Speak at Boosters Club Luncheon
Oakland Athletics third baseman and captain Sal Bando will address the Boosters Club at the Sea Wolf Restaurant in Jack London Square tomorrow at noon. He will review the A’s 1971 season and take questions from attendees. Reservations are urged by calling Paul Wolff or Sea Wolf restauranteur.
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The
Livermore Neutrons win Oregon Invitational Soccer Tourney
Livermore's Atomic Neutrons crowned champions of the Oregon Invitational in Portland defeating Vancouver Washington 2-0 in the final. Mike Ramis scored both Neutrons goals with assists from teammates as the team posted two more shutouts in earlier rounds.
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Washington
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Lady of Lourdes
Dan Payte
Ramil
Mark Morrison
Wayne Perry
Tim Wade
Ken Henry
Rich Palmer
Powell River
Henry
Payne
Cavaliers sign Cal cage star Ridgle in third round deal
The Cleveland Cavaliers announced college star Jackie Ridgle of California agreed to terms, becoming the fourth rookie to sign. Ridgle was a second team All Pacific 8 forward, top ten in scoring and rebounding, and finished as California’s No. 4 all time scorer with 1,344 points. Details of the agreement were not released. Hayward Continental Big League to hold tryouts for boys 16 to 18 at Hayward High.
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Palm
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Sim
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