Tradition in baseball meets modern change in 1970 style
The essay recalls how baseball’s fixed 154 game seasons and classic World Series created a stable national identity. It notes shifts from eight to twelve teams per league, division playoffs, and the expansion to 162 games, plus era changes in statistics and team loyalties. It cites Mike Hegan as a Pilots era holdover amid evolving tradition.
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NEW York
NEA
Tevya
Giants
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
James T. Farrell
White Sox
Joe DiMaggio
Howard Cosell
Philadelphia Athletics
Farrell
Cleveland Indians
Osceola
Iowa
Dallas
Roger Maris
Seymour Sinoff
Elias Sports Bureau
Mike Hegan
Seattle Pilots
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Armed Forces All Stars face Miller Tire in AAU tourney second round
The defending AAU champion Armed Forces All Star team, an east first round winner, meets Miller Tire Co of Little Rock in the tournament's second round in Columbia. Other today’s games include Burger Chef Indiana versus Lawrence Jayents and Howard Payne College against the Pipers from Lake Charles.
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Columbia, S.C
UPI
Armed Forces
Miller Tire Co
Little Rock
Ark
Burger Chef
Indianapolis
Ind
Lawrence Jayents
Howard Payne College
Pipers
Lake Charles
Jerry’s Restaurant
Lexington
Columbia Sertoma
Bowman’s Chapel
Dayton
Ohio
Goodyear
Akron
Jaycats
San Diego Jets
Howard Payne
Roseland Riders
Canandaigua
N.Y
Miller Tire
F&m Tire Co
Pinly
Hodges shapes Mets with psychology and platoons
Gil Hodges guides the Mets with a keen eye for player moods and individual needs. He stresses adaptability, managing 25 distinct personalities while praising pitching staff handling and strategic platooning that helped win games and playoff games.
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Shamsky
Ron Swoboda
al Weis
Ken Boswell
Donn Clendenon
Ed Kranepool
Boswell
Hodges
Joe Pignatano
Mets
Pignatano
Atlanta
Braves
Luman Harris
Tom Seaver
J. C. Martin
Seaver
Harris
Phil Niekro
Padres Prospectus Faces Tough Season With Rookies
Form chart by Marty Ralphovsky outlines the Padres off season moves and lingering optimism. Prospective starters include Pat Dobson and Ron Herbel with a weak pitching staff noted. Key players include Ollie Brown Al Ferrara Nate Colbert Jose Arcio Bob Etheridge and top rookies Phil Knuckles Mike Corkins Williams. Prediction places Padres 6th in NL West.
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Pat Dobson
Detroit
Ron Herbel
Giants
Dobson
Herbel
Tommy Sisk
al Santorini
Clay Kirby
Dick Kelly
Billy McCool
Seattle Pilots to Brewers Backed by Bankruptcy Hearing
Milwaukee poised to receive Seattle Pilots after bankruptcy judge Volvin signals transfer likely. Owners claim losses of 12500 dollars daily and seek 10.8 million for Milwaukee sale while Seattle fans protest looming move.
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Seattle
Seattle Pilots
Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee
Sidney C. Volvin
Pilots
Brewer
Tempe
Ariz
Dewey Soriano
Pacific Northwest Sports
Dewey
Max
Volvin
Shaving Strokes by Frank Beard
Frank Beard argues for conservative play early in the golf season. He advises laying up over risky shots, staying calm after bad rounds, and building momentum before taking bigger risks as the season progresses. He notes past late-season victories and plans to stay realistic and persistent.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Gil Hodges
Hodges
Huggins-Stengel Field
Mets
Tommie Agee
Jerry Grote
Tommie
Art Shamsky
Agee
Grote
Shamsky
Gil
Minnesota
Westchester
BA Ltd Edges Pico's in Fourth Overtime for Tie at Top
BA Ltd. beat Pico's Sporting Goods 98-95 in four overtimes to tie Johns Manville for the lead at 12-3 in the Lompoc Recreation Department A league. Angel Torres scored 34 for Pico's as Lompoc Lumber and Holloway Plumbing also posted wins in the B and A divisions.
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BA Ltd
Pico’s Sporting Goods
Johns Manville
Lompoc Recreation Department
Angel Torres
Pico’s
Lompoc Lumber
Bel Aire Liquors
Holloway Plumbing
Bel Aire
Commodore Dixon
Holloway
Ted Hofmiester
Wlba Ltd
Johns- Manville
FCI
Cable
Whistle Stop
Douglas
King’s Furniture
Pines Nursery
Ernie’s Arco
Public Hearing Set on Use Permit in Lompo c
Lom poc Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall 119 West Walnut Avenue on Monday April 13 1970 at 7 30 p m to consider Richard W Siemsen request for a Use Permit for telephone answering and janitorial service at 1105 West Cherry Avenue in R 1 district Lot 9 Lom 44. Written statements to Planning Department. Clinton E Sherrod Secretary. 1T Mar 30 1970.
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Lompoc
Perso
Planning Department
West Walnut Avenue
Clinton E. Sherrod
Classified Ad Rates and Deadlines Notice
Special rate for six days six eighty dollars and eighty cents daily rates apply after six days. Over twenty words add sixty cents per every fifteen words. Closing times five pm day before publication except Saturdays eleven am. Cash with copy twenty percent per day. Lompoe Record Publications reserves right to reject or misclassify ads. Published Fridays for Vandenberg AFB personnel.
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Lompoc
Mesa Missilier
Lompoe Record
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc Record Publications
Classified Directory Summary Row
Classified directory page fragment lists sections for Lodges and Clubs beauty and barber shops tailoring dressmaking office equipment and printing personal services upholstery drapes and help wanted categories including male and female positions
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Rene
Corus of Trenke
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Lilley
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Jutta Popken
Stockholm
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