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April 2, 1984 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

SUNNY READING IS TO BE FOUND IN THE FOIBLES OF A GLOOMY BASEBALL TEAM

By Jeremiah Tax

NCAA Regionals

Who Needs Ralph? Not Virginia

With a major upset, the Cavaliers got as far in the NCAAs without Sampson as they ever did with him

By Bruce Newman

The Hoyas Can Destroya

By Curry Kirkpatrick

The In-Your-Face Invitational

By Jack McCallum

Home Cookin' Kentucky Style

By Alexander Wolff

Baseball 1984

THE ORIOLES WILL BITE THE DUST

If precedent prevails, Baltimore won't win the World Series again, but that's just one of many "sure things" about the new season

By Bruce Anderson

HE'S DONE HIS DADDY PROUD

A chip off the old block and then some, Cal Ripken Jr. hasn't stopped short of becoming his league's MVP

By Ron Fimrite

BALTIMORE

By Bruce Anderson

TORONTO

By Jim Kaplan

MILWAUKEE

By Ivan Maisel

DETROIT

By Jim Kaplan

NEW YORK

By Bruce Anderson

BOSTON

By Jim Kaplan

CLEVELAND

By Ivan Maisel

CHICAGO

By Steve Wulf

OAKLAND

By Ron Fimrite

TEXAS

By Bruce Anderson

CALIFORNIA

By Ron Fimrite

MINNESOTA

By Steve Wulf

KANSAS CITY

By Jim Kaplan

SEATTLE

By Ivan Maisel

MONTREAL

By Bruce Anderson

PITTSBURGH

By Steve Wulf

ST. LOUIS

By Steve Wulf

PHILADELPHIA

By Steve Wulf

NEW YORK

By Steve Wulf

CHICAGO

By Ron Fimrite

LOS ANGELES

By Bruce Anderson

SAN DIEGO

By Ivan Maisel

ATLANTA

By Bruce Anderson

HOUSTON

By Jim Kaplan

SAN FRANCISCO

By Ron Fimrite

CINCINNATI

By Jim Kaplan

THE UMPIRES STRIKE RACK

Once baseball's invisible men, umpires are bringing attention to themselves these days with their feisty attitudes

By Steve Wulf

TV/Radio

The dawn of a new era

Free TV for baseball is declining, and pay TV is significantly on the rise

By William Taaffe

Cross-Country

A pair of wins for the aged

Carlos Lopes, 37, and Maricica Puica, 33, regained their world titles

By Craig Neff

For The Record

A roundup of the week March 19-25

Compiled by Joy Duckett CAIN

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Robert L. Miller

SCORECARD

Edited by Franz Lidz

CREDITS

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