Sports headlines for Friday July 7, 1978:

• 'I Will Always Be A Czech'
• Another Summer Of NFL Labor Pains
• Lasorda Names Three Dodgers To All-Stars

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Angels activated Carney Lansford
•	Cubs activated Bill Buckner
•	Royals activated John Wathan
•	Dodgers released Ron Kittle
•	A's activated Mickey Klutts

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   1978 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (29-56) 5 9 1 8 California Angels (44-39) 9 12 2 1 Win: Frank Tanana (12-5)   Loss: Dick Pole (4-10)   Save: Dave LaRoche (12) T: 2:31   Att: 20,119 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (31-52) 3 6 0 6 Chicago White Sox (37-45) 2 9 1 10 Win: Joe Coleman (4-0)   Loss: Rich Hinton (1-2)   Save: Victor Cruz (4) T: 2:45   Att: 18,643 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (55-25) 9 10 1 5 Cleveland Indians (38-44) 10 16 0 10 Win: Dan Spillner (2-0)   Loss: Bill Campbell (5-5) T: 3:28   Att: 19,543 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (45-38) 1 4 1 4 Kansas City Royals (42-40) 3 10 1 10 Win: Paul Splittorff (10-7)   Loss: Scott McGregor (8-8) T: 2:08   Att: 23,314 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (46-36) 0 4 0 4 Milwaukee Brewers (46-35) 6 10 0 3 Win: Mike Caldwell (9-5)   Loss: Ron Guidry (13-1) T: 1:59   Att: 40,216 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (36-42) 3 6 1 7 Oakland A's (43-41) 2 10 0 7 Win: Geoff Zahn (8-6)   Loss: Steve Renko (3-4)   Save: Mike Marshall (11) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:33 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (37-42) 1 5 1 5 Oakland A's (43-42) 0 3 1 1 Win: Darrell Jackson (2-1)   Loss: Rick Langford (1-7) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:48   Att: 7,239 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (41-41) 12 23 1 15 Texas Rangers (41-40) 7 12 1 6 Win: Dave Rozema (4-4)   Loss: Dock Ellis (7-4) T: 3:08   Att: 21,069 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (41-43) 3 7 1 6 Atlanta Braves (35-46) 11 16 0 9 Win: Mickey Mahler (3-4)   Loss: Gaylord Perry (9-4) T: 2:51   Att: 9,605 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (51-32) 7 11 0 7 Cincinnati Reds (47-36) 6 13 2 9 Win: Vida Blue (12-4)   Loss: Tom Seaver (9-7)   Save: Gary Lavelle (10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:38 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (51-33) 1 9 0 11 Cincinnati Reds (48-36) 2 8 1 5 Win: Bill Bonham (9-2)   Loss: Jim Barr (4-6)   Save: Doug Bair (14) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:10   Att: 51,163 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (48-35) 7 13 1 11 Houston Astros (35-44) 4 6 0 1 Win: Doug Rau (9-4)   Loss: Mark Lemongello (7-8)   Save: Charlie Hough (4) T: 2:11   Att: 20,707 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (42-38) 9 15 1 9 New York Mets (35-49) 7 8 0 5 Win: Lynn McGlothen (2-1)   Loss: Paul Siebert (0-2)   Save: Bruce Sutter (13) T: 2:58   Att: 13,815 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (40-43) 7 15 0 6 Philadelphia Phillies (45-33) 4 11 0 12 Win: Steve Rogers (11-7)   Loss: Dick Ruthven (5-8)   Save: Mike Garman (6) T: 2:34   Att: 45,193 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (39-40) 2 11 0 9 St. Louis Cardinals (33-52) 1 7 0 8 Win: John Candelaria (8-8)   Loss: Pete Vuckovich (6-6)   Save: Kent Tekulve (12) T: 2:37   Att: 13,813 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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