Jim Rice

The Red Sox are the George Chuvalo of the American League East: dangerous, but punchy. In the last two seasons six of Boston's regulars have hit at least .291, and six of the first seven batters have averaged 25...

In every game he has pitched this year, Toronto ace Dave Stieb has had to deal with a sore right elbow. Sometimes—like Saturday night in Chicago when he no-hit the White Sox for eight innings—he uses a little of...

Wait until Earl Weaver gets to Jim Russo's scouting report on the Red Sox and reads "McNamara likes to bunt the cleanup hitter in Fenway...." The Boston Red Sox bunt the cleanup hitter? In Fenway Park? Earl has been...

Now that George Steinbrenner has got the drop on the other owners, who will be the next manager to go? In Baltimore, Edward Bennett Williams wishes Joe Altobelli were Earl Weaver. On the South Side of Chicago, Jerry...

LINING THEM UPSir:Having read and heard all winter about the 74¢ Canadian dollar, acid rain, the troubles of the Toronto Maple Leafs and glowing predictions for the Boston Red Sox, this temporarily expatriate...