Mudcat Grant Faces Trade Turbulence and Business Plans
Mudcat Grant, 36, expresses frustration over eighth trade in three years after returning to Oakland. He cites the personal toll of relocations, new associations, and logistics. Grant also leads a business venture Mudcat Incorporated with Afro-holding spray and skin products, framing baseball as a business.
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Mudcat Grant
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PVE
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Angel Mangual
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Mudcat, Incorporated
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Lacoochee
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Fargo-Moorehead
Stewart seals second world driving crown in crisis free win
Stewart clinched a second Formula One world driving title after Jacky Ickx dropped out in the Austrian Grand Prix. Joe Siffert won the race in BRM, Emerson Fittipaldi and Tim Schenken followed, while Donahue triumphed at Watkins Glen in Trans-Am. Lunger took the L M Grand Prix at Donnybrooke and Bobby Allison won the NASCAR Yankee 400 at Michigan. Unser won West Allis classic.
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Stewart
Tyrell
Ford
Jacky Ickx
Belgium
Ickx
Mark Donahue
Media
Watkins Glen
N.Y
Donohue
Follmer
Peter Gregg
Brett Lunger
Wilmington
Del
Donnybrooke Speedway
Brainerd
Minn
Lunger
Eppie Witzel
Lola
Bobby Allison
Michigan International Speedway
Richard Petty
Allison
Petty
Bobby Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
West Allis
Wis
Unser
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Krupar and Johnson win Jack Tarry Sr Memorial Classic
Mike Krupar won the men's division and Anna Johnson claimed the ladies' division in the seventh annual Jack Tarry Sr Memorial Classic. Johnson repeated as champion for the fourth time in seven years. Finals totals saw Krupar with 1159 and Johnson with 1064, following a qualifying round with notable 700 and 600 series performances.
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Jack Tarry Sr
Edith Spencer
Mike Kropar
Ken Miller
Bob Heilman
Elmer Zoltai
Johnson
Kropar
E.B.C. takes lead in Class A Fast Pitch after 12-2 win
Elyria Bowling Center out hit Bernie's 12-2 behind Al Pena to win 9 1. Hank Mowery Bill Archer and Ken Dick homer for E.B.C. Carl Smith had three hits, Rudy Ulrich and Ray James had Bernie's only hits. Rudy Rodriguez spun a 3-0 shutout for Jim and Ray's over Bolero Club, with Jack Flowers Gerry Zaleski each two hits. Stoney's Women’s League meeting set for August 18 at Stoney's, Bowling Center Home League organizational meeting tonight at 8. Captains urged to attend.
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Bernie
al Pena
Hank Mowery
Bill Archer
Ken Dick
E.B.C
Carl Smith
Ray James
Rudy Ulrich
S. E.B.C
Rudy Rodriguez
Bolero Club
Jim
Ray
Ron Madok
Jack Flowers
Gerry Zaleski
Bruce
Siefert
Bolero
E.B.C. Bernie
al Peoa
Jack Abbey
Dave Dicken
Bernies
Rady Ulrich
Stoney
Stoney's
Bowling Center
Findlay Driver Treated and Released After Speedway Crash
Jerry Hickle of Findlay was injured Saturday night at Lorain County Speedway. He was treated in Amherst Hospital ER and released. Hickle’s car flipped in the semi-feature super sprint, crossed the guard rail, and vaulted into four parked cars in the infield.
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Jerry Hickle
Findlay
Lorain County Speedway
Amherst Hospital
Hickle
Vida Blue Faces mounting pressure after key win over Yankees
Oakland pitcher Vida Blue shores up a 6-4 victory over the Yankees as his 22nd win tightens the A's grip on first in the West. Blue fights through a shaky seventh inning amid growing scrutiny and the prospect of a 30-game season, with Bert Campaneris delivering a decisive two run hit in the eighth. The game keeps Oakland on a seven game win streak while other AL results roll in around the league.
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Yankees
Athletics
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Vida
Lindy McDaniel
Blue
Roger Maris
Babe Ruth
Yanks
Dick Williams
A’s
Hever
Johnny Ellis
Ron Hansen
Jack Aker
McDaniel
California
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Sandy Alomar
Mickey Rivers
Angels
Wilbur Wood
Bill Melton
Paul Schaal
Mike Hedlund
Kansas City
Boston
Gates Brown
Detroit
Minnesota
Harmon Killebrew
Twins
Brewers sweep set from Tribe led by Heise’s bat
Milwaukee uses Bob Heise's hot hitting to defeat Cleveland 4-2 and sweep the series. Heise drove in two runs with a fifth inning double and a sixth inning infield RBI grounder. Bill Parsons won, Ken Sanders earned the save as Sam McDowell took the loss.
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Bob Heise
Milwaukee Brewers
Heise
Ted Kubiak
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Cleveland Indians
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Ken Sanders
Sam McDowell
Kubiak
Teddy
Parsons
McDowell
Bobby Mitchell
Ellie Rodriguez
Hesse
Mitchell
Theobald
Rodriguez
Indians
Ray Fosse
Frank Baker
Baker
Cleveland
Uhlaendr Ab
Pinson Harper
Chamblas
Nettles
Briggs Fosse Sanders
Baker Cardenal
Leon
Kosco
Matchick Belee
Stanley Hennign Mitchell
McDown
May Farmer
Rariguez
Lowenstn
Heise Parsons II
Morrisie
Fosse
Mitcheell
Matehick
S— Léon
McDowells
Cardenals
McDowll
Farmers
Hennigan Parsons
É * Morris
Sanders
Durocher and Vander Meer Recall 1938 No Hitters
Cincinnati native Leo Durocher recalls Johnny Vander Meer’s back-to-back no hitters from 1938, recounting the near hit in the second game and a center field play by Harry Craft. Vander Meer, praised for speed, reflects on fellow lefty Sandy Koufax as the only pitcher rivaling his era. The Police Gazette honors Vander Meer as “feat of the half century” as he accepts the Reds’ Hall of Fame tribute.
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Vander Meer
Durocher
Vandy
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Harry Craft
Reds
Craft
Leo
Red
Don Gullett
Cubs
Sandy Koufax
Police Gazette Maga
Zine
National League
Warren C. Giles
Van
der Meer
Indianapolis
Schlitz Brewing Co
Cooperstown, N.Y
Tampa
Fla
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