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March 17, 1980
Roaring into the majors is a young Tiger of a centerfielder named Kirk Gibson, who Detroit hopes will evoke memories of the great Al Kaline. Larry Keith checks his credentials, as well as those of several other highly touted rookies.
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March 17, 1980

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Roaring into the majors is a young Tiger of a centerfielder named Kirk Gibson, who Detroit hopes will evoke memories of the great Al Kaline. Larry Keith checks his credentials, as well as those of several other highly touted rookies.

Starting from the rough as a stoop laborer picking vegetables in Florida, Calvin Peete is making it as a golf pro on the PGA tour. This resolute black man's remarkable odyssey in a white man's world is described by Barry McDermott.

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