Seaver Trade Shocks Mets in Night of Major Deals
Cincinnati Reds land Tom Seaver in a late trade with the Mets sending Pat Zachry Doug Flynn and minor leaguers to Cleveland. The Mets receive players including Steve Henderson and Dan Norman while also moving Dave Kingman to San Diego in a three-team flurry. Sparky Anderson hails Seaver as a great performer while Mets chairman M. Donald Grant defends the decision amid fan backlash.
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NEW York
UPI
Tom Seaver
New York Mets
Miracle
Cincinnati Reds
Séaver
Mets
Reds
Pat Zachry
Doug Flynn
Steve Henderson
Dan Norman
Moody
Dave Kingman
San Diego Padres
Bobby Valentine
Paul Siebert
Joel Youngblood
St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Phillips
Rawly Eastwick
Cardinals
Doug Capilla
Pittsburgh
Ed Kirkpatrick
Texas
Jim Fregosi
New York Yankees
Cliff Johnson
Houston Astros
Mike Fischlin
Randy Nieman
Oakland A’s
Willie Crawford
Astros
Mike Caldwell
Milwaukee Brewers
Rich O'Keeffe
Gary Pyka
Rick Auerbach
Seaver
Sparky Anderson
Met
M. Donald Grant
Tom
McDonald
Henderson
New York Press Shapes Baseball Careers Says Roy Howell
Roy Howell discusses the New York press as a powerful force shaping baseball careers in Gotham. He recalls writers tearing players apart unless performing up to Broadway standards and notes the pressure faced by stars like Tom Seaver and Reggie Jackson.
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Terry Day
New York
Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Reggie Jackson
Catfish Hunter
Don Gullett
New York Press
Roy Howell
New York City
Howell
Oakland
Tom Seaver
Gotham City
Seaver
Mets
Cincinnati
Reggie
Bronx
George Steinbrenner
Park Avenue
Roy
Toronto
Otto Velez
Ron
Dave McKay
L A gets Pro Bowl sites for 79 and 80
Los Angeles and Honolulu were chosen as sites for the 1979 and 1980 Pro Bowls by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. The 1979 game will be at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Jan 29 1979 and the 1980 game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Jan 27 1980 with a Tampa option next January.
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New York
UPI
Los Angeles
Honolulu
National Football League
Pete Rozelle
Los Angeles Coliseum
NFL
Aloha Stadium
Tampa
Fla
Hawaii
Rozelle
Little League Meeting Set in Lompoc
The Women's Auxiliary of the Lompoc Little League calls a general meeting tonight at 8 at the Lompoc Public Library to elect officers for the coming year. Public is invited.
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Women's Auxiliary
The
Lompoc
Little League
Lompoc Public Library
Sawyer Places Second in Allan Hancock Decathlon
Dave Sawyer of Lompoc High finished second overall at the Allan Hancock High School Invitational Decathlon on the Hancock College track with 4,979 points. He led after day one with 2,980 points, while Rosecrans of Santa Barbara won with 5,300 points.
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Dave Sawyer
Lompoc High
Hancock College
Sawyer
Rosecrans
Santa Barbara
Dave
Joe Sciame
Lompoc
Robert Wetts
Bill Zandonatti
U S Open Opens Amid Rough Talk On Southern Hills
The U S Open starts at Southern Hills with players noting the course’s rough is controversial. Arnold Palmer says any of about 100 players could win, while Jerry Pate and Lee Trevino debate how much the rough will grow as Dennis Brizani hits the opening shot.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
United States
Arnold Palmer
Southern Hills Country Club
USGA
Dennis Brizani
Madison
Wis
Jerry Pate
Lee Trevino
Pate
Senior Ruth game tonight at Lompoc High diamond
Beattie Ford and the Operating Engineers meet in a Senior Babe Ruth game at 5:30 on the varsity diamond at Lompoc High. Sunday the Engineers face Braun's Pharmacy at 1:30 p.m. on the Lompoc High diamond.
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Beattie Ford
Babe Ruth
Lompoc High School
Braun
Lompoc High
Mets Trade Seaver Shocks New York Fans
Dodgers and Giants left town in the late 1950s and now Tom Seaver is traded to Cincinnati Reds. The move ends Seaver’s era with the Mets after a feud with board chairman M. Donald Grant. Mike Phillips also goes to St. Louis. Seaver loved New York but demanded the trade.
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William Goldschlag
New York
UPI
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Ebbets Field
Los Angeles
Giants
Manhattan
Willie Mays
Polo Grounds
San Francisco
Tom Seaver
Mets
Cincinnati Reds
M. Donald Grant
Public
Seaver
Grant
Mike Phillips
St. Louis
Phillips
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Joe Torre
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L.A
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