April 15, 1985 Table Of Contents
Perspective
CONTACTS ARE GREAT, BUT SOME FANS MISS THE SPECTACLE OF SPECTACLES
Entertainment
TERRY CASHMAN SCORES HIT AFTER HIT AS BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL'S BALLADIST
Booktalk
A TRIBUTE TO A.G. SPALDING AND HIS LIFETIME LOVE AFFAIR WITH BASEBALL
By Jeremiah Tax
Viewpoint
WHEN IT CAME TO HITTING HOME RUNS, ONLY THE BABE WAS FINER THAN KINER
By Morin Bishop
Baseball 1985
It's the season for big league milestones, and Pete Rose is leading the onslaught
By Ron Fimrite
Overpowering pitches and uncommon control made the Mets' Dwight Gooden the best teenage pitcher ever. Now he's one year better
By E.M. Swift
By Steve Wulf
By Steve Wulf
By Ron Fimrite
By Ivan Maisel
By Jim Kaplan
By Sandy Keenan
By Sandy Keenan
By Jim Kaplan
By Steve Wulf
By Sandy Keenan
By Steve Wulf
By Jim Kaplan
By Jim Kaplan
By Sandy Keenan
By Jim Kaplan
By Jim Kaplan
By Ivan Maisel
By Steve Wulf
By Steve Wulf
By Ron Fimrite
By Sandy Keenan
By Ivan Maisel
By Ivan Maisel
By Ron Fimrite
By Ron Fimrite
By Sandy Keenan
Commissioner Peter Ueberroth speaks out on the important issues that face baseball today
By Frank Deford
TV/Radio
A Ballantine blast from the past
Voice of Summer Mel Allen is 72, but he's not "going, going, gone"
By William Taaffe
Dreams
FENWAY PARK. CUBS FANS. EDDIE MURRAY. PETE SHEEHY. YES, HERE'S THE BEST OP EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY IN BASEBALL.
By Steve Wulf
Reminiscence
WHERE WAS THE AUTHOR ON V-E DAY? PLAYING SOFTBALL WITH THE MUSIC MAN
First Person
FOR ONE MOMENT IN SPRING TRAINING IT SEEMED THAT FAME WAS IN THE CARDS
By John Merrow
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 1-7
Compiled by Duncan Brantley
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited By Franz Lidz