Royals Hope Home Success Keeps Bid In AL West
Kansas City Royals stand 49-37 at the break and 30-11 at home as Bo Jackson leads with MVP caliber numbers. General manager John Schuethohlz and manager John Wathan cite injuries, depth, and strong bullpen led by Tom Gordon and Jeff Montgomery as keys to a potential second-half push and possible AL title defense.
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Jeff Montgomery
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Gift Portrait Honors Ottawa High Mentor Orlis Cox
Ottawa High School Class of 1954 commissioned artist John Martin to paint a portrait of the late Orlis Cox who died Aug. 3 at 87. Christine Cox attended the portrait unveiling at the class reunion as Cox’s widow. The class started a fund to buy equipment for OHS in his honor. Cox taught at Ottawa High from 1926 to 1966 and led the Ottawa Recreation Commission from 1946 to 1973.
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Sport Shorts Stillwell Disabled Pecota Recalled
Kansas City Royals place shortstop Kurt Stillwell on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to July due to a bruised left knee and recall infielder Bill Pecota from Omaha. Pecota batted .255 in 50 games at the Royals farm club after appearing in 22 games with Kansas City earlier.
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White retires from Cowboys after 13 seasons
Dallas quarterback Danny White, 37, retired after 13 seasons with the Cowboys following a meeting with coach Jimmy Johnson. Johnson indicated White would not figure prominently in the team’s plans for 1989 as Dallas rebuilds with younger quarterbacks under new ownership by Jerry Jones.
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Ottawa Legion teams split twinbill as A team routs Osawatomie
Ottawa AAs dropped 5-4 to Osawatomie while the A team won 11-4 to raise records to 2-18 and 12-13 respectively. Dydell took the loss for Ottawa in the AA game, Ratliff and Ball fueled the A team victory with key hits and doubled, as Osawatomie improved to 18-10 and Ottawa prepared for Sunday doubleheader against Chanute and the Kansas State Eagles Tournament.
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Yanks lefty Guidry retires after 14 seasons in pinstripes
Ron Guidry announced retirement from the New York Yankees after 14 seasons. The Louisiana native, 38, described the moment as happy, not sad, and reflected on a career that included a Cy Young and a 170-91 lifetime record. He was joined by his wife Bonnie and three children at Yankee Stadium.
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