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Show ‘Don’t Forget Milwaukee’ Warn American League Observers THE HERALD, Frovo, Utah—Page 3 By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports itor NEW YORK (UPI — If I heard it T heard it more than a half dozen timesin so manyof the training camps and because | think it’s only right to share what sounds like a good thing I'm now passing along the message tc you. Don’t forget Milwaukee and the pennant. like the Giants over the Dodgers in the West. Heres the way I line them up in both leagues American League East that he uses the spitter which is the Milwaukee 2 New York same thing they say about Gaylord Per- Baltimore 4 ry and what they used to say_about Lew Burdette. The big thing is Caldwell wins. Last year he won 22 and I don't know how many managers told me that. I do know that Bob Lemon, Don Zimmerand Earl Weaver were three of them. They all said Don't forget Milwaukee,” and this is to assure themI'm not I'm remembering a lot of things about the Brewers — how they emerged as the No. | offensive team in baseball last year; howtheir manager George Bamberger, got 93 victories out of a pitching staff which had its share of physical problems and didn't even achieve its full potential, how Paul Molitor and Robin Yount could be baseball's next top twosuperstars and how Ben Oglivie, handers Bill Castro and Reggie Cleve. land andleft-handers Jerry Augustine and Bob McClurein the bullper. All the hitters say Caldwell cheats the American League's fifth-leading hitter last season, has three outfielders on the club, Larry Hisle Gorman Thomas and Sixto Lezcano, who figure even ahead of him Thelast thing I'm forgetting is the Brewers’pitching staff that could turn out to be even a better balanced one than the Yankees’ with right-handers AL West. the Royals 20k even the past two they won thei: Mike Marsha!l ns and Butch Boston 5, Detroit mer and Weaver-don't havetosell the Montreal. 4 Chicago. 5 New York 6 Brewers to me. | liked what I saw of St. Louis themlast year. Enough so that I think National League West they can winit all this year. the divi 1, San Francisco. 2, Los Angeles. 3 sion, pennant and World Series. even if Cincinnati. 4, San Diego. 5, Atlanta 6 the oddsmakers in Las Vegas are Houston. quoting them at 10 to 1 and saying Weaver says the Orioles have a nobody's going to beat the Yankees. The Yanks’ pitching may not be as chance to win in the AL East and | agree with him but I think it’s a slim chance because overall, they're not as if Catfish Hunter and Don Gullett are solid as either the Brewers or Yankees incapacitated with arm trouble If With Carlton Fisk’s arm and Fred Goose Gossage’s toe problem turnsout Lynn's knee questionable the Red Sox more serious than generally reported don't look nearly as strong Dennis that means real trouble and if Ron ersley could turn out to bethe only Guidry keeps getting shelled the way dependable pitcher they have he has, that could add upto the biggest The Tigers are the team of the trouble ofall future. They'd be a contenderthis year Overin the American League West I if Mark Fidrych wasthe pitcher he was see KansasCity finishing first again. three seasons ago, he isn't, and that more comfortably, in fact. than last makesa difference. As for the Indians year when the Royals’ margin wasfive they're batting Bobby Bonds in the james. leadoff spot and that’s the tipoff on With the pitching they have, I’m go- them right there. The Blue Jays have to t makes me like If Keeps throwing| ives the Pirates a lot more uld have even better ones this year Jack ¢ ark keeps his head on ‘ould blossominto one of tlex Dodgers’ deficiencies st fall's World Series proposition Yankees, and I think some of will Rod Carew had a 2.37 earned run average. He'll Califor verylikely be a big winner again this Oakland. 4. Texas. 5 Chicag Seattle National League East Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia Thats whi ality and keep in mind. t Cleveland. 7, Toronto. American League West 1 Kansas City Minnesota year, you watch and see What I’m saying is that Lemon, Zim hing? an they were hing wrong with their Carter todo y d e better and the Expos as well. Only one t | heard, Brad Corbett ubs’ pitchers Rick Reuschel for someone to buy the finished in doublefigures last seasor Rangers and you di generally do end he hada losing record The Cubs tha if you think your club is going to simply don’t have enough pitching move u ger will get the although I like the w ter trade the: e Sox andfifth made with the Phil es, getting Jerry Last year Martin Ted Si more and Barry Foote I strong as everyonethinks, particularly Nationa ‘0 the Phillies when they signed Pete Rose But Rose will be weeks and nowhere is it 20) hits He what to their pitching ink that far back? © the Padres moving up a y se I look for leftnko and BobShirley the Braves are ever of the cellar. this Somewhere along € who's going to have er the Mets I closer t« thebottor sion thanthe top i By MATT BUCKLER Manchester Journal Inquirer Distributed by UPI NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPI) — Atfirst glance, it appears the inmates are running the asylum in the American Professional SloPitch Softball League. Joe Pepitone. whoin 11 years with the New York Yankees led the team in homeruns, fielding and breaking curfew, has been named playermanager of the Trento (N.J.) Statesmen of the ASPL Previously, the only thing Pepitone managed to do wasgive gray hairs to his managers during a ing to take a ticket on the Pirates to win both the National League Easttitle wild 15-year career with the Yankees, Astros Cubs and Braves Pepitone 38, is taking the new job seriously however “When I was 24 years old with the Yankees and I stayed out all night, I didn't realize it was hurting the team,"’ he said this week. “Now I know what's right and wrong. I've gone through it all and seen the good and the bad. So with my experiences, I think I can help the players on the the horsesif you're going to win just like in anything else.”’ One advantage manager Pepitone will haveis player Pepitone in the lineup. In his first seasonofsoftball, he batted .489 with 14 homers and wasthe league’sallstarfirst baseman. “T enjoyed every minuteofit last year.” he says. ‘I retired from baseball so manytimes, I nly the Astros. they've be vers in Cesar Cedeno job Watson Terry Puhl ind Art Howe, not hief reasons | think the Giants will winin the NL West have todo with team. joy softball. But when | “T've managed restaurants, I've managed lounges, what's so different about a ball team? You got to have didn’t enjoy the gamelike I used to and I didn’t knowif I was going to enhit my first home run it felt just like the first Pepitone says hitting a “It’s hard tohit a softball. I don’t want to wish we only played Pepitone says he would “rather watch a softball game than a baseball game. “T really think this homer I hit in profes- league can catch on. I'm sional bal! and i had that making pretty good feeling all season long moneyand there's lot of Cubs’ Pitching A Question Mark whose but someone always ast and this year it looks Astros’ turn 25% off brake overhaul Tough nylon cord construction RV tires. Your choice, blackwall bias or whitewall belted. Ideal for light trucks, good money in it. Plus you onlyplay weekends. | Richard. etimesis tougher to hit Vida Blue, Bob Knepper Jack ( Larry Herndon and Terry Whitfi They had good years last season and pick-ups, vans and RV's baseball on weekends Then it would have been morefun than business.”’ Pepitonestill lookslike he could play first base Tire size name-drop but Norm Cash. as good a balIplayer as he was. just for the Yankees, but says can't hit a softball. 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Becausethe offense scored a lot of runs, the Cubs wereable to finish third in the division race, four games under 500 and 11 behind the winning Philadelphia Phillies. On the surface, it would seem the Phillies improved tremendously with the signing of free-agent Pete Rose but like the Cubs, their pitching is in doubt. Should Franks wind up with a consistent starting groupof five, the Cubs might makea run at the top, but don’t bet on it Going into the season, the only certain staters Angels’ Credo: Win It for Cowboy By JOE SARGIS UPI Sports Writer PALMSPRINGS,Calif. (UPJ) — From Manager Jim Fregosi on downto the clubhouse boys, everyone in the California Angels’ organizationis pushingthis yearto “win it for the Cowboy’’ The Angeles could makeitif they get all the breaks. The “Cowboy” is Angels owner Gene Autry and Fregosi, who replaced Dave Garcia last year as Angels manager, describes breaksas ‘'no i i ‘When key players get hurt, everything,” says Fregosi. “If we can stayhealt then we haveas good a chanceasthoseotherclubs. Those other clubs are Kansas City, which has won the American League Westtitle threestraight years, and Texas. Everyoneis agreed thal 1979title will go to either the Royals, Rangers or Angels The Angels tied Texas for secondplacelast year, eachfinishing five games behind Kansas City. Such key California players as Bobby Grich (.251), Joe Rudi (.256) and Nolan Ryan (10-13) had off years, though. Fregosi expects them to bounce back and with the addition of seven-time AL batting champion Rod Carew and pitcher Jim Barr, this finally might be the year the Angels go overthe top andgive Autry his first championship team “That's our goal this year,” says Fregosi, “to win it for Mr. Autry. I can’t think of anyone whodeserves a championship team as much as he does.” arew, obViG is being i team. He'll playfirst, with Grich at second and Carney Lansford, last year’s rookie find, at third Theonly questionis at shortstop. Dave Chalk was being counted on to play short but he will start the season on the disabled list. That leaves the jcb to Rance Mulliniks or Orlando Ramirez Theoutfield is set with Rudiin left, Rick Miller in center and Dan Ford, who came over from Minnesota with Carew, in right. Don Baylor, who hit 34 homers and drovein 99 runslast year, is as good a designated hitter as there is in the AL. So, it all comes down to pitching, where Ryan wilt have todo lot better than hedidlast y Frank Tanana, Chris Knapp, Don Aase and DayeFrost are the otherstarters in a five-man rotation and Barr, Dave LaRoche and Dyar Miller are set in the bulIpen Strengths — Hitting with Carew, Baylor, Rudi and Ford, and pitching, long a club weakness Weaknesses Lack of depth andhitting from the catching corps of Brian Downing. Ike Hampton and Terry Humphrey, who combined for nine homers between themlast year. In all the other categories the Cubs are strong and can playwith the Phillies, or any other team forthat matter. Dave Kingman, Bobby Murcer, Bill Buckner and newcomerJerry Martin will providea lot of sock to go along with Ivan DeJesus and Steve Ontiveros. whohit for average Barry Foote and Ted Sizemore joined Martin in coming over from the Phillies in exchange for Manny Trillo. So in affect, the Cubs traded awayone regular for three, Foote should improve the catching and Sizemore is a journeyman second basemantaking over Trillo’s old job. . Strengths — Hitting and defense. The Cubswill scorea lotof runs, especially in their own park. Last year Kingman missed 43 games becauseof a hamstring pull butstill hit 28 homers and drovein 79 runs Weaknesses — Pitching. Franksis banking on Bur- He said, ‘‘I think players like Reggie Jackson deserve what they're getting. People come to see Reggie no matter what he's doing In New York, when the press puts a guy down they're just putting moneyin his pocket. New Yorkers dig distortion. “T think they come to see problemsinstead of good, talented players That's their idea of entertainment. I think getting into trouble prolonged my career in New Yorkfive extra years.” But even so, he doesn’t think he was unmanageable. ‘‘You have to treat every player as anindividual. 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