The three pitching stars were joined at the $2 million level by Puckett, the power-hitting outfielder for the Minnesota Twins.

Eppa Rixey, Dolf Luque and Pete Donohue were pitching stars, but the offense never lived up to the pitching.

Two pitching stars from the Baltimore Orioles team that won the 1966 World Series pitched for the Royals in the inaugural game: Wally Bunker threw the franchise's very first pitch, and Moe Drabowsky won the game in relief.

Only darkness and foam and 222 The Shadow Spy pitching stars and the launch leaping and crashing and occasionally blurred glimpses of a horizon heaving be- tween a black sky and a blacker turbulent sea.

Quirky styles often connect arriving pitching stars with an élite predecessor.

Two pitching stars on the Baltimore Orioles team that won the 1966 World Series pitch for the Royals in this game: Wally Bunker throws the very first pitch, and Moe Drabowsky wins the game in relief.

For the 40,406 fans in Shea Stadium on a rare afternoon, it was a marquee matchup between Frank Viola and Bruce Hurst, two left-handed pitching stars from the American League.

And Magadan, like the two pitching stars, is on the disabled list.