Sal Bando

Sal Bando, the hard-nosed captain of the firebrand A's, is all dolled up

•BUSINESS LEADERSOn Nov. 4, 1976, baseball's first free-agent draft took place at New York City's Plaza Hotel. Who was the first player to be signed under this system?

Although Brewer Cecil Cooper's .357 hitting season has been obscured by the Year of Brett, he needs no sympathy

•Sal Bando, Milwaukee Brewer third baseman, observing that Vida Blue is one of two remaining members of the Old Guard with the Oakland A's: "We look upon Vida as a hostage."