European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Al july 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 23 new York a the Baltimore Orl and Chicago overlooked in preseason Pennant will at tempt to keep the experts when the american league i won resumed 1 dont me anybody hawing and a Trig in either said Bucago Wager Bolt Lemon whose White Sot led us defending Champion Kansas City White sox will attempt to resume a i their momentum following the game i i third baseman George Brett of the for Doest think us mite 801 Eta bold Mfd have to say were favored even of Tomeji were 24 said buoyed by a Afi mame winning Zitnak which the royals hoped to continue urn tort the Allstar break re have to say were weve come tame Way since the atari of the season arid were toying Best baseball we have All seems like when the trading deadline paved last Mouth we darted playing it was like we Wen waiting for the club to make some kind of and when they we realized wed have to sink or Ibn with the players we bad ant we do if we did it last we can do it National Loop contenders discuss upcoming Pennant drives new York Apt having disposed of the american league in another Allstar All the National league Man got tack thu nifty to the More Busl of the divisional nobody knows what the future mid lot Angelis manager Tom but u the last 70 games Are any thing Uke the first Lasorda wont have any in the Only major league race thai int the dodgers How a commanding 9tigame Lead Over the two time world Champion Cincinnati reds in the National league in hoping we can maintain but Brock nears Cobbs stolen base record new York i api the St Louis car duwta1 Lou Brock needs to steal Only 12 More bases to break the Al time major league record baseballs official record committee ruled the ruling we made to Clear up a mis understanding regarding the official Holder of the held to be in with of Brock has Stoten my Cobbs generally had been questioned of some record books which the Honor to buy b37 bases Between 1881 and Joe chairman of the 15man records said that Hamiltons Mark was set in a period when there was a broader concept of what constituted a stolen from ibb Reichler a Man could be awarded stolen base if he advanced on an out or look an extra base on a hit provided there was a possible Chance and a palpable attempt to retire starting with the Rule stated that a stolen base can be credited Only while a Pitcher is making a delivery to the Batter or otherwise has the Ball on the it can never follow action begun by a batted bait Brock thus will become the official record setter when he passes Cobbs total kicks guaranteed playoff spot in soccer Dpi the Minnesota kicks assured themselves of a Ott spot in the North american soccer it wednesday night when the port timbers lost to the Tampa Bay Row three teams in each division qualify for the playoff Portland currently has 79 if it wins its remaining our games and scores at least three goals in Endi of the Portland will finish with Ali the kicks already have 119 theres Mill a Long Way to said Lasor who has seen previous dodgers learns succumb to the pers sent Patter of Cincin Nati in not surprised by our big Lead be cause we have a Good Ball our Guys worked hard Spring training and effort1 since their bluing 2m Start the dodgers have been merely a 3729 we Haven nil recently and the been unable to give Steve Ron Oey Bill Hulett and Dusty Baker a it due to the fact that Tome of our other Gays have been Lasorda the reds mind seeing the dodgers play baseball the rest of the i figure that if they play weve got to play aver said Cincinnati Man Beer Sparky weve got to play like i think we have to win so of our 73 and that not an easy chore when youre Only were capable of but i think thai there going to have to stagger Little for us to catch they Are but you have to face reality they Are watchable if we put in a bar Burner of our despite the recent addition of Tom the reds pitching has to be the biggest Anderson theres no Way else u could were doing everything we did offensively and were a better defensive team than Ive tried to look at every other but when your defense is improved and Offen sively youre doing everything you were doing in the no the Lead of the surprising Chicago cubs has dwindled from to two games Over defending Champion Philadel phia in the last few we Haven been playing too admitted Pitcher Rick one of the nos top Winnen with u but were still in first place and that a pretty Good indication that if we can ride through this slump we should be our pitching Hast been As Good As it we and were not scoring Many it Martin May play Jackson As a do new York api manager Billy Martin of the new York Yankees is think ing about using million Al sur outfielder Reggie Jackson As the Yankees designated hitter against left funded pitch Martin insinuated the move wednesday when he i cant say for but i want to use More of my the proposed move would give Outfield ers Paul Blair and Lou pin Leua Mare play ing time and possibly strengthen the Yankees in who previously had a reputation As s steady has been having Hia problems in the Field this he has committed nine errors in a game in Martin removed him in the Middle of a the Yankee manager claimed Jackson was the incident caused a near fight Between Martin and seems like were getting behind in the first inning in two out of three and were always playing i think maybe it depends on which team can sus Tain a Streak the longest i think u will be As close As it was in the first All jumbled i still think four clubs will be in it pretty said Phil lies manager Danny noting that the Pittsburgh pirates were Only five games off the Pace with the Louis cardinals eight Back we have to go but on a sustained drive and win six or seven games in a Pittsburgh has surprised new be cause their pitching went sour a Little Louis has a lot a Young players who Haven been through this before and a lot depends on Ted Keith Hernan Dez and Ken Rellez staying away from injun our club got a lot of things settled in the last few especially now that tug Mccraw is off the disabled la and Back in the bullpen the cubs Haven really sur prised the Only question is whether he summer heat will Wear them out play ing Only Day games in their their starting pitchers have always kept them in the game pretty but when you have to rely on pitching and defense in that its Tough to say youre going to con Tain the opposition to three or four then Are a Tot of and but lately they have All been our pitching is More stable than Chica we opes la and if we play Good the momentum should Atay pitching apparently win be he decisive Al West and in the where the Oriola led the Boston red Sot by on half game and the new York Van tees by Throe whoever the pitching will said a Lylall of Fame no one in the West has bad outstanding added Chicago outfielder Tehle you cant expect us or Kansas City or Minnesota to go out and keep scoring five or six runs a youve got to win the 14 min Nostas Hod Carew there no sense scoring five and six raw a game if your pitching int going to hold the other said the twins first the leagues leading Batter with a our pitching has been a Little we have to be More in Many the while sox and orioles we rent even picked to finish in the first but Lemon said he thinks everybody lakes us seriously and Baltimore outfielder Ken Singleton the orioles Are playing a lot Cotter than the last two years when we supposedly had a better nobody picked and in a Way that eliminated a lot of weve won a a of close games with timely Good pitching and Good i Hope we continue surprising the red sox have relied thus far on the Home run bats of George Jim Butch Carl Yastrzemski and Carl ton but Yast Nemskal said if we get pitching like we had on our last Road Good consistent Well be to got to play Good mistake free base Ball and we have a couple of real Tough manager Billy Martin of the crisis Ridden Yankees said we have to be a Little More consistent in our pitching and our Overall and i think were car pilots out of uniform tar Gin left and Sparky Anderson a Kalher 111 at ease i their Street As they disc Iii strategy for the second Ball of the baseball Martins Yankees arc 3 out of first in us Al and andersens reds Trail the dodgers up
