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With Dow Stocks Like Baseball Scores, Time for Goose Gossage?

As baseball competition accelerated in the second half of the 20th century, teams moved from using pitchers to work complete games to employing specialists to protect close leads. Baseball changed its way of doing business, evidenced by its adoption of the “save” rule.

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There Used to be a Ballpark

Four members of the Northwestern Class of ’86 watched the Yankees beat the A’s two days in a row — at Yankee Stadium’s 31st and 30th from last games ever. The guy in pinstripes had a little more to do with the wins.

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