Feats Of Feats In Baseball Record Clash
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley notes debates over baseball’s elusive records sparked by Maggio Vander Meer and Maris feats. He cites Gehrig Burke Crawford Wilson Adcock Cobb Williams Williams and Williams again, plus Hack Wilson and Ted Williams as benchmarks, contrasting with golf’s major emphasis and Nicklaus’s 19 majors.
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Will Grimsley
St. Petersburg
Fla
JoelMaggio
Johnny Vander Meer
Roger Maris
Alabama
Lou Gehrig
Burke
Cincinnati
Eddie Burke
Sam Crawford
Detroit
J. Owen Wilson
Pittsburgh
Pittsboro
Texas
Joe Adcock
Milwaukee
Ty Cobb
Gehrig
van der Meer
Rogers Hornsby
Ted Williams
Hack Wilson
DiMaggio
Skein
Hank Aaron
Jack Nicklaus
Bob Jones
Foster Clubs His Ex Teammates Foster Clubs His Ex Teammates
Ex Reds star George Foster, now with the Mets, led a spring exhibition rout by belting two home runs off Mario Soto. Other MLB results featured the Braves edging the Dodgers, Blue Jays winning fifth straight, and several standout performances from Orioles, Expos, and Giants in late spring games.
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Mets
Reds
Foster
Mario Soto
Free-Wheeling Kings Edge Warriors in Oakland
The Kansas City Kings, with a loose, confident style, edged the Golden State Warriors 117-116 in Oakland. Mike Woodson led KC with 23 points, Bernard King had 32 after a slow start, and Eddie Johnson added 20 as the Kings improved to 23-43 while the Warriors, missing Free and Short, slipped toward playoff danger with 17 games left. Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons coaxed the lineup changes to build confidence for next season.
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Kings
Warriors
Mike Woodson
Eddie Johnson
Ken Dennard
Reggie Johnson
Kevin Loder
Steve Johnson
al Attles
Bernard King
Joe Barry Carroll
Larry Smith
King
Big Bucks On The Line In NFL TV Negotiations
NFL and the three networks near a multibillion-dollar five-year deal to televise games. Sources say the package will exceed one billion dollars and could top the $2 billion mark, with ABC likely airing the 1985 Super Bowl and NBC and CBS carrying other editions. The deal would set a record for sports TV rights despite skepticism from some industry observers.
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Larry Siddons
National Football League
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Phoenix
Ariz
Ed Garvey
NFL Players Association
Garvey
NCAA
ABC
CBS
Los Angeles
NBC
A.C. Nielsen
Money
Slogans and warning lines on cancer fear and detection
A list of cancer warning signs and symptoms appears, stressing frequent checks for nonhealing sores unusual discharge changes in skin marks coughing or hoarseness and swallowing difficulties. It warns that fear can delay early detection and cure, urging awareness without panic.
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Herschel Nissenson
George Foster
Cincinnati Reds
New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Brook Jacoby
Los Angeles Dodgers
Juan Berenguer
Mark Bomback
Roy Lee Jackson
Buck Martinez
Toronto Blue Jays
St. Louis Cardinals
Rickey Henderson
Oakland A
California Angels
California
Rod Carew
Ken Boyer
Cardinals
Mexico
Cal Ripken
Bob Bonner
Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City Royals
Montreal Expos
Ron Guidry
Dave Hostetler
New York Yankees
Tom Paciorek
Leo Sutherland
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pat Putnam
Bob Johnson
Texas Rangers
Minnesota Twins
Mike Moore
Bud Bulling
Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres
Jack Clark
San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers
Boston Red Sox
Houston
Craig Reynolds
Astros
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Scot Thompson
RBI
Kirk Gibson
George Cappuzzello
Augie Ruiz
Mark Lee
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
Oakland
Calif
Kansas City Kings
Golden State Warriors
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Pye
World Free
Purvis Short
Free
Short
Portland
Denver
Nfl-Tv
American Cancer Society
Wilson
A Wilson
Saitty
Johnny Walker
Stringer
Seball
Rawlings Fielder
Indtas
Wood
Little League
Dixie Youth League
U.S.A
Century Lite
S. Main
Ottawa
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