SI Vault William Leggett January 22, 1973 Suffering at plate and
gate, the American League split paths with the National and, in
a revolutionary move, put another man in the game Decrease font
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Issue  Yes, operator, that's the party I want. Hello, Bob? Bob
Newhart? Yeah, it's me again—Abner Doubleday. I thought you
might remember. It sure has been a long time. Yeah, we sold the
game I was telling you about. The one with the pillows, the
chalk lines and the guy standing up with the stick in his hands.
Merchandised the hell out of the thing. We put it indoors in
Houston and outdoors everyplace else. We've drawn about 250
million with it over the last 10 years. The big guy right now is
loony about the colors green and gold, and he does a lot of
dancing on top of these little buildings we call dugouts. There
are 23 fellows who will turn their lights on so the guys can
play at night and one