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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
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Subject: Tom Terrific & Rod Carew too
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 21:14:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 21:14:59 1985
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It was a thrill listening to the play by play of Tom Seaver's 300th win
on Sunday as I was driving home from Wisconsin.  In my opinion, Tom Seaver
is not only a terrific pitcher, but a great man as well; a good example
of a fine family man with his priorities in the right order, and certainly      hero-material for kids.  Way to go, Tom Terrific!

Rod Carew gets his 3000th hit on Sunday.  Whew, quite a high point for MLB,
and now a probable low point just hours away.  He became only the 16th 
player in MLB history to collect 3000 hits, and he did it the Rod Carew way,
hitting an outside pitch to the opposite field.  His best year was '77,
when he flirted with .400 for most of the season.  Sports Illustrated did
a cover story of him that year with Ted Williams.  Carew is quiet and has
either played for a championship caliber team that wasn't a media center
(Minnesota Twins, who won a number of Western Division championships in 
the early '70's) or a team that had players (Reggie) that (media-wise) would 
overshadow him (California Angels).  Congrats to Rod Carew!

Mike Clifford