Rangers promote Steve Howe to major league roster
The Texas Rangers moved left handed pitcher Steve Howe from Oklahoma City to the major league roster despite not obtaining Baseball Commissioner Pete Ueberroth's approval. Owner Eddie Chiles president Mike Stone GM Tom Grieve and Manager Bobby Valentine supported the decision saying it was in the best interests of Howe and the club. Howe will be in uniform Friday night in Baltimore and expressed readiness to play baseball.
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Steve Howe
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Tom Grieve
CDT
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Grieve
Oklahoma City
Eddie Chiles
Mike Stone
Bobby Valentine
Arlington Stadium
Chiles
Stone
New York
Ueberroth
Cowboys to rely on run with Sherrard out
The Dallas Cowboys face 1987 with Hercel Walker and Tony Dorsett carrying the offense after Mike Sherrard broke a leg. Gordon Banks moves to Sherrard’s starting split end spot as Landry shifts plans to a more ground oriented attack and backup roles for Karl Powe and Rod Barksdale. Sherrard faces a 10 week cast and 1988 return target.
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Hercel Walker
Tony Dorsett
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Cowboys
Mike Sherrard
Sherrard
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Landry
Gordon Banks
Banks
Karl Powe
Rod Barksdale
Tex Schramm
Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Mike
Texas West All-Stars head to regional Babe Ruth tourney
The Odessa Babe Ruth 14 15s team flew to Houma Louisiana to join eight other clubs in a double elimination regional. Texas West posted a 12 3 championship win over Plainview in Lamesa securing three straight tournament wins and its first regional appearance in Babe Ruth play.
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Babe Ruth
Houma
All-Stars
Lamesa
Texas West
Plainview
All- Stars
A's eye World Series trip
The Andrews A’s Babe Ruth senior team, after a 13-1 regular season and a 28-3 run in West Texas, head to the South West Regional Tournament in Seguin to seek four wins and a World Series berth in Denham Springs, La. Pitching by Hill, Hernandez, Mihecoby and Carlson anchors a strong staff as Nolan Watson powers the offense with two homers in the recent tourney.
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Seguin
Denham Springs
Larry Martin
Hill
East Texas
Seguin’s Fairgrounds Park
Martin
Shay Morris
Morris
Hernandez
Mihecoby
Charles Carlson
Nolan Watson
Wadkins fires 68 to lead PGA as heat, wind bite
Bobby Wadkins shot a 68 to take the early lead at the PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Ray Floyd, two strokes back at 70, warned late starters faced tougher greens and heat, with Wadkins noting the wind rose late and greens were as good as they could be. Other contenders included Dave Edwards and Fred Funk at 69, while a crowded group tied at 70.
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Palm Beach Gardens
Fla
Ray Floyd
Floyd
Wadkins
Arnold Palmer
Pga National Golf Club
Journeyman
Dave Edwards
University of Maryland
Fred Funk
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Larry Nelson
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