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    Page 10
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 17, 1973
THE BAR
Former Yankee Greats At Odds Over Rule Chang
NEW YORK — Two New “I’m not sure the rule will do at the El Conquistador Hotel in “I think baseball needs to keep “I think it could have just the ways are talking about records. .Sine, this rule might m
York Yankee hitting immortals what it’s intended to do, and that San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 2-4. up with the times and make opposite effect. It gives the pitch- Babe Ruth’s home runs. Winning possible for someone to bre
found themselves at odds Tuesday is produce more hits and runs,” Thi«i the tnuvnampnt in which changes,” Murcer said. er more rest and makes him twice streaks. Pitching streaks. record. But it doesn t bothi
over the American League’s new commented Mickey Mantle, the top National Football League and “ But there ’ s a lot what as tough. “Eliminate r e c o r d s and the I’m proud of it because eve
v-vci wic League’s new
experiment permitting a desig
nated pinch-hitter to bat for the
pitcher.
“I think it’s great „
change, and if there’s anything
baseball needs, it's change,” said
Joe DiMaggio, whose 56-game
hitting streak is one of the game’s
■nrondpst. rpcords.
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is produce more hits and runs,” This is the tournament in which
commented Mickey Mantle, the top National Foo tball League and
man who stepped into DiMag s major lea&ue baseba]1 stars team
shoes in 1952. up &n( j fjght it out with brassies
DiMaggio and Mantle were and four-irons,
special guests, along with modem
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proudest records.
WE
GIVE
spee.cti w.l.i i.iuucin Murcer, 25, the Yankees’ new-
Yankee Bobby Murcer and pro egt candidate for super st ar stat-
football’s all-time great quarter
back Johnny Unitas, at a New US ’ struck a moderate «tance-
York luncheon kicking off the somewhere between that of Di-
American Airlines Golf Classic Maggio and Mantle.
up with the times and make
changes,” Murcer said.
“But there’s a lot to what
Mickey says about the rule help
ing the pitcher.”
‘Pitching is 90 per cent of base-
11 ” argued Mantle.
ball,’ tiigucu iTxaxivic.
“This experimental rule of the
American League is intended to
open up the game and make it
more interesting for the specta
tors.
"i tninic it could have just the
opposite effect. It gives the pitch
er more rest and makes him twice
as tough.
“Besides, I don’t think they
should be tampering with base
ball so much. Why not keep it as
it is? I’m against raising the
mound, shortening the fences and
all that sort of stuff.
“After all, what keeps baseball
going? What keeps it so interest
ing? It’s the records. People al
ways are talking about records.
Babe Ruth’s home runs. Winning
streaks. Pitching streaks.
“Eliminate records and the
game loses a lot of its romance.
Yet that’s what we are doing.
We are making records easier to
erase.”
DiMaggio insists that records
are made to be broken.
“People ask me about my 56-
game hitting streak,” he said.
“Sure, this rule might raai
possible for someone to break:
record. But it doesn’t bother;
I’m proud of it because evajl
was a legitimate hit. But —*
don’t last.
“Pro football is always
alert to keep its game inter
Such as moving the hash mitt
in this year to produce a bet!;
running game. Baseball mustlg
the same.
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