Angels, Rangers Trade For Top Talent In Free Agent Shuffle
Agent Jerry Kapstein brokers deals as California Angels acquire Joe Rudi and Don Baylor while Bert Campaneris moves to the Texas Rangers. Other Oakland A's alumni shift teams, with Dave Cash going to Montreal and Gene Tenace landing with San Diego.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Jerry Kapstein
California Angels
Kapstein
Oakland
Joe Rudi
Don Baylor
Bert Campaneris
Texas Rangers
Charlie Finley
Oakland A’s
Dave Cash
Phildelphia Phillies
Montreal Expos
Baylor
Gene Tenace
San Diego
Rollie Fingers
Sal Bando
Agent Blames Finley for Salary Spiral and MLB Moves
Baseball agent Jerry Kapstein accuses Oakland owner Charles Finley of destabilizing baseball salaries by attempting to sell rights to Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi, and Vida Blue to other clubs. The sales were nullified by Bowie Kuhn, with six A’s players entering the free-agent market through the re entry draft.
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Kapstein
Don Gullett
Fingers
Bobby Grich
Wayne Garland
Doyle Alexander
Angels
Harry Dalton
Campaneris
Rangers
Tony Harrah
Campy
Boston
UPI
Jerry Kapstein
Oakland A
Charles Finley
Finley
Rollie Fingers
Joe Rudi
Boston Red Sox
Vida Blue
New York Yankees
Bowie Kuhn
Oakland
Warrant Issued for Former NFL Star Rentzel
A bench warrant was issued for Lance Rentzel the former Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams wide receiver for failing to appear in Superior Court on a progress report about his 1973 marijuana conviction. Rentzel 32 was on two years unsupervised probation since May last year with the condition he donate 100 hours to Sugar Ray Robinsons youth foundation.
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Frank Mickadeit
Cabrillo Congs
CIF
Crescenza Valley Falcons
Glendale High
Glendale
Congs
Los Angeles
Rams
Crescenta
Lompoc
Cabrillo
Murphy
Lyndon Johnson
UPI
Lance Rentzel
Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Rams
Rentzel
Ronald E. Swearinger
Youth Foundation
Sugar Ray Robinson
Last Chance to See Scorch Windley in Hancock Uniform
Redell Scorch Windley, a 5'5" 165-pound junior at Hancock, will play his final Bulldogs game as Moorpark visits Dave Boyd Field at 7:30 p.m. Windley has rewritten the school's rushing records, with 69 carries for 745 yards in two Ventura meetings this season and last, and a career 2,435-yard total. Pac-8 programs have shown interest.
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Crespi
Crescenta
Crescenta Valley
Falcons
Africa
Gary Beck
Beck
Calvin Boler
Lompoc
Cong
Ed Knowles
Glen Shirley
Congs
Shirley
Falcon
Mike McCall
Crescenza
McCall
Andy Abbot
John Ramseyer
Mike Kennan
Redell
Scorch
Windley
Hancock
Bulldogs
Moorpark
Dave Boyd
Washington, D.C
Ventura
Hoax headline tricks USC students ahead of Rose Bowl
UCLA students plant 5000 copies of a bogus Daily Trojan spoof claiming USC was ruled ineligible for the Rose Bowl. The hoax paper spread across dorms and Greek houses, while USC students reacted with disbelief.
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Los Angeles
UPI
University of Southern California
Trojan
NCAA
USC
Westwood
UCLA
Ucla Daily Bruin
SDSU's Computer 12th Man Aids Football Scouting
San Diego State uses a campus computer as a 12th man to analyze every offensive play. Programmer Dick Ledesma tracks 17 details per play and generates reports on down and distance, success rates, and formations. The Aztecs sit 9-1 at midseason.
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SAN Diego
UPI
San Diego State University
Claude Gilbert
Gilbert
Ted Tollner
Dick Ledesma
Ledesma
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Karen Hedlund
Lillian Jackson
Karen
Heidi
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Rudi
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Gary Matthews
Crescenta Valley Whittier
la Canada
Hoover
Burbank
Burroughs Canyon
Hart
Blair
Dos Pueblos Ween Eee
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Bishop Diego
Arroyo Grande
Santa Maria Or
San Luis Obispo
Righetti
Ken Gilliland
Darryl Dalerri
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Adrienne McAdam
Lompoc Record
Scott Ostler
Trojans
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