Sunday, April 3, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE IC H G A N AIL A age aeve . I CLEVELAND DARKHOUSE IN A.L. EAST. Yankees, ed Sox battle for first LUNCH DISCUSSION TUESDAY, APRIL 5-12 NOON Topic: analysis df the Elections Speaker: Dr. Edward Pierce AT ECUMENICAL CAMPUS .ENTER 921 CHURCH ST . Admission 75c Food prepared by Church Women United in Ann Arbor By RICK MADDOCK Will the Bronx Bombers be baseball's best ballclub or will they bow to the Bosox before the battle of the best teams even begins? - Or will Cleveland capitalize on its talented pitching staffi and shock everyone? Although the oddsmakers and nearly everyone else, pick the Yankees to win the American League's Eastern Division, there's a long season to go. YANKEE OWNER George Steinbrenner has forked out the green stuff generously to help the 1976 AmericaniLeague in a key player for the Indians. The Tigers starting lineup boasts a potentially power packed offense. Detroit, how- ever, has very little pitching, especially with the loss of ace Mark Fidrych until June. r THE TIGERS need at least two bona-fide starting pitchers, or else better performances out of Vern Ruhle and Ray Bare.l And even then, how can the Tigers seriously compete when .their top two pitchers are Dave Roberts, at best slightly above a .500 pitcher, and Dave Roze- ma, an unknown quantity from the minors. a long winter of hunting and the Bosox staff could greatly starring in Dodge Truck com- improve if promising. rookie mercials. Bob Stanley keeps pitching likel Dock Ellis and Sparky Lyle he has been lately. Last year at are 32, while Ken Holtzman and Bristol, he was 15-9 with a 2.66 Jim "Catfish" Hunter are a ERA.t year younger. Combine this fact Offensively, the clubs are with Graig Nettles', last year's close with the slight edge going1 AL home run champ, annual to the Yankees only because of slow start and it spells possi- early injuries to Fred Lynn and1 ble mediocrity for the Yan- Carl Yastrzemski. Lynn is on Rick's Picks:1- I4-Detroit, 5- Mil- New York, 2-Bos- waukee, 6-B a l ti- ton, 3 - Cleveland, m o r e, 7-Toronto i rmggmr. m:r 1mo am e Boston and Detroit. But who is going to .hit-the long ball for Cleveland with George Hendrick in San Diego and Boog Powell released? An- dy Thornton and Bill Melton won't be able to do it all, and this weakness will end up de- stroying Cleveland's pennant hopes. BALTIMORE has lost nearly all of its hitting and pitching with Bobby Grich, Jackson and Garland leaving. Jim Palmer, last year's Cy Young winner, holds up the starters and Tip- py Martinez heads the bull- pen. Ken Singleton and Lee May lead the offense, but there's no way four players will be able to compete with the rest of the league. Milwaukee is an unknown quantity and if some of its young pitchers blossom, the Brewers could make a bid for third. Bill Travers and Jerry Augustine, both 24, pitched well last year. Travers was 15-16 with a 2.81 ERA and Augustine was 9-12 with a 3.30 ERA. Offensively, the Brewers ex- pect productive big years from. center fielder Von Joshua, third baseman Sal Bando, first base- man Cecil Cooper. Toronto, the newest thing in the East, will find itself land- lord of the basement. Only a minor miracle would help the Blue Jays out of the cellar. When the leaves start turning and the footballs are in the air, here's what the American League East will look like: 1- New York, 2-Boston, 3-Cleve- land, 4-Detroit, 5-Milwaukee, 6- Baltimore, 7-Toronto. ------------11111~11VU~l 1.1.,"5__-rne bengals will have to hpe champs become a genuine that the bats of Rusty Staub,eso aGu lett uMcesRiver, powerhouse. Acquisitions of Ron 'LeFlore and Ben Oglivie son, Gullhat, Mickey Rivers, Reggie Jackson and Dort Gul- can carry them over teams that hris Cand Ed is, Thurman Jett certainly can't hurt the rofrbt icigadhtig Munson and Ed Figueroa can I Yankeesrffer both pitching and hitting. handle things at the start. Yankees- In any case, Detroit won't be The Bosix are in the same But don't forget the Red Sox in too many two hour ball- boat since Luis Tiant claims to picked up first baseman George games this year. be 36, Fergie Jenkins is 33 and Scott and pitcher Bill Camp- E So the battle appears to be 1Rick Wise is 31. bell to help rejuvenate the tal- between Boston and New York, ! The Red Six's pitching isn't1 ents that led Boston to the 1975 with the Indians ready to chal- all that strong compared to 1 American League pennant. lenge should the other two get New York's anyway. Last1 The Indian acquired pitcher off to slow starts. year's Yankee staff compiled af Wayne Garland, who is having And a slow start is a possi- 3.19 ERA, good for best in the arm problems in Florida and " bility for both teams. Junior Circuit, while Boston's outfielder Johnny Grubb, who hurlers tossed at a 3.52 rate has a damaged knee, and al- THE YANKS' pitching staff which was eighth in the league.f though it isn't as serious as is composed of some old and THE YANKS lost Doyle Alex- what was first diagnosed, the tired arms, which usually take ander but gained Gullett, while injury leaves a question mark a long time to -loosen up over Boston added Campbell. But, the 21-day disabled list, while Yaz has a, bad back. The Indians appear to be the Mets of the American League, all pitching, little power hitting. Along with Garland, the Tribe's staff could be the deepest in the league. Dennis Eckersley, Al Fitzmorris, Jim Bibby, Jim Kern and Dave LaRoche should be able to shut down the pow- erful offenses of New York, "NIA" The BLACK Yearbook is on sale NOW. 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