Mortals of the Hall of Fame and their famed flaws
A mock tribute critiques baseball immortals like Early Wynn, Cy Young, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth, noting records for errors, walks, strikeouts, and losses. It jokes that even legends are not free from a string of notorious stat lines while mentioning Koufax and Ivy Wingo as doyens of misfortune.
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NEW York
NEA
Early Wynn
Sandy Koufax
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Wynn
Cy Young
Denton True
Cy) Young
Young
Mickey Mantle
Jimmy Foxx
Hall
George Sisler
Cap Anson
Ivy Wingo
Cardinals
Reds
Wingo
ALSN
Swim records take a beating at Olympic trials
At Chicago trials Shirley Babashoff and Mark Spitz shattered records while Kurt Krumholtv and Deena Deardorff posted world marks in 400 free and 100 butterfly respectively. Spitz set two world records and joined Babashoff, Rothhammer, and Marshall on the Olympic team as top swimmers broke multiple standards.
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Merlin Olsen
Deacon Jones
Fred Dryer
Giant
Deacon
Jack Youngblood
Merlin
Phil
Coy Bacon
Isaiah Robertson
Marlin McKeever
Jack Reynolds
Dave Elmendorf
Kermit Alexander
Elmendorf
Kermit
Gene Howard
Pat Studstill
David Ray
Chicago
UPI
U.S
Shirley Babashoff
Huntington Beach
Calif
Australia
Shane Gould
Mark Spitz
Arden Hills
Kurt Krumbolv
Santa Clara
Tom McBreen
San Francisco
Brad Cooper
Deena Deardorff
Cincinnati
Alice Jones
Miss Babashoff
Miss Gould
Keena Rothhammer
Barbara Marshall
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Spitz
Mexico City
Baseball matchups across leagues and cities listed
United Press International reports today’s scheduled games in the American and National Leagues. Matchups include Oakland at Minnesota, California at Kansas City, Texas at Chicago, Detroit at Cleveland, New York at Milwaukee, Baltimore at Boston, Pittsburgh at Montreal, Chicago at New York, Houston at San Francisco, Philadelphia at St. Louis, Atlanta at Cincinnati, and San Diego at Los Angeles with listed pitchers and records.
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Oakland
Blue
Minnesota
Woodson
California
Kansas City
Hedlund
Texas
Hand
Chicago
Lemonds
Detroit
Slayback
Cleveland
Perry
New York
Stottlemyre
Milwaukee
Reyerson
Baltimore
McNally
Boston
Siebert
Pittsburgh
Walker
Montreal
Stoneman
Bonham
Matlack
Houston
Roberts
San Francisco
Bryant
Philadelphia
Carlton
St. Louis
Atlanta
Schueler
Cincinnati
Billingham
San Diego
Kirby
Los Angeles
Osteen
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Baseball
Immortals
Ira Berkow
Johnson
Tinue
Seymour Sinoff
Joe
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Babe
Sisler
Eddie Collins
Nap Lajoie
Pie Traynor
Honus Wagner
Babe Ruth
Luke Appling
Koufax
Jimmy Fox
Bob Feller
Village CC
Cleo Warden
San Luis Obispo
Linda Binkle
Morro Bay
LOS Angeles Rams
John Walton
Gabriel
Rams
Willie Ellison
Les Josephson
Larry Smith
Bob Thomas
Jim Bertelson
Gabe
Lance Rentzel
Jack Snow
Matt Maslowski
John Love
Bob Klein
UCLA
Bob Christiansen
Pat Curran
Prothro
Tom Mack
Joe Scibelli
Bobby Childs
Kansas
Alvin Haymond
Travis Williams
Roman Gabriel
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dave Edgar
Florida
Jerry Heindenreich
Dallas
McBreene
Rick Dement
Marin County
Steve Genter
Lakewood
John Kinsella
Krumtholv
Doug Northway
Tucson
Ariz
Miss Deardorff
Ellie Daniel
Dana Shrader
Mary Montgomery
Asheville
N.C
Jennifer Bartz
Lynn Vidali
Cindy Emre
Lodi
Life Insurance
N. “Ho Street
Bob J. Gaston
Connecticut Mutual Life
Blue Chip’’ Company
Tommy Prothro
Lompoc
James Worsnup
James
Donald Worsnup
W. Alden
Lompoc Senior High School
Patrick Wright
Patrick
Hurshell Wright
South C St
Pat
Steve Yoshitake
Steve
George Yoshitake
Hercules
Cabrillo Senior High School
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