Oakland Athletes Top AL Hitting and Pitching Lists
A roundup of American League batting and pitching leaders lists Griffey and Canseco among top hitters with .328 and 24 home runs. Notable pitching figures include Clemens with 125 strikeouts and Eckersley with 28 saves. Also reports on Franklin County junior golf results and Todd Van Poppel signing a three year, 1.2 million contract with the Oakland Athletics after initially favoring college.
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Guillen
Chicago
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Minesol
R Henderson
Gruber
Toronto
Fickdes
Desro
Puckett
Minnesota
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Jo Reed
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Sax
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King
Stick
Clemens
Ryan
Hanson
Senate
Langston
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Eckersley
Drones
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Schooler
Aguilera
Calif
Todd van Poppel
Athletics
van Poppel
Yankees Snap Five-Game Slide With 3-2 Win Over Royals
Jeff Robinson earned his first start of the season going six plus innings as the Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2. Balboni and Geren homered, Espinoza started a critical double play with the bases loaded in the seventh, and Paulie Brett Jr. led off the seventh with his on base hit as New York snapped a five-game skid.
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Jim Donaghy
New York
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Yankees
Stump Merrill
Merrill
Kansas City
Jeff Robinson
Steve Balboni
Bob Geren
Alvaro Espinoza
Royals
John Wathan
Boston
Robinson
Pittsburgh
Dave Righetti
Balboni
Geren
Pete Filson
George Brett
Lee Guetterman
Bo Jackson
Pat Tabler
Guesterman
Frank White
White
Espinoza
Tabler
Espy
Jesse Barfield
Jim Leyritz
Rally
Halbant
Econ
Bret
Sax
Leyrisa
Crawford Filian
Righetti
JD Robinson
Saberhagen placed on 21-day DL
Kansas City Royals pitcher Bret Saberhagen was placed on the 21 day disabled list after leaving a game with a right elbow strain. He will rest for three weeks with no ligament damage, and Mel Stottlemyre was called up from Omaha to fill his roster spot.
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Bret Saberhagen
Kansas City Royals
Saberhagen
Red Sox
Boston
Royals
Yankees
New York
Kansas City
Steve Joyce
Mel Stottlemyre
Omaha
Stottlemyre
Toronto
Todd Stottlemyre
Stewart to face NCAA charges in Kansas City news conference
Missouri coach Norm Stewart will respond to allegations of false and misleading information given to NCAA investigators. The university said the news conference for Wednesday is at 1 p.m. in Kansas City. Missouri now faces 17 total recruiting violation allegations against its basketball program.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri
Norm Stewart
NCAA
Kansas City
Stewart
Steve Owens
Owens
LeMond closes in on overall lead in Tour stage
Greg LeMond, two time champion, surged in the 16th stage from Blagnac to Luz Ardiden, finishing second to Indurain and trimming Claudio Chiappucci’s overall advantage to five seconds. LeMond gained 2 minutes 19 seconds on Chiappucci and remains 2:24 behind the leader with five stages left.
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Luz Ardiden
France
Greg LeMond
LeMond
Spain
Miguel Indurian
Claudio Chiappucci
Chiappucci
Indurain
Blagnac
Luz Arididen
Backwards homer and other old baseball trivia
A retro trivia note recalls Jim Piersall hitting a home run on June 23, 1963 and then running the bases backward for humor before a rule required running forward. It also mentions Denny McLain’s 1966 31 win season and holes in one odds for amateurs, plus an ad snippet about Underwood’s Close-Out sale on via lawn and garden equipment.
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Jim Piersall
Piersall
Jimmy Piersall
Denny McLain
Tigers
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