Sports headlines for Monday April 23, 1979:

• Soviets Win, Near Hockey Title
• Umpires Block Traffic At Dodgers-Phils Game

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Blue Jays signed Bob Robertson as a free agent

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   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (7-8) 3 10 0 10 Kansas City Royals (6-8) 4 10 3 4 Win: Paul Splittorff (2-2)   Loss: Rich Wortham (3-1)   Save: Al Hrabosky (3) T: 2:18   Att: 17,864 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (5-10) 0 3 1 4 Texas Rangers (9-4) 5 7 3 7 Win: Doyle Alexander (1-0)   Loss: Jim Clancy (1-3)   Save: Jim Kern (2) T: 2:02   Att: 12,661 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (7-7) 3 11 0 12 Atlanta Braves (5-11) 2 8 1 7 Win: Mark Littell (2-0)   Loss: Phil Niekro (1-4) T: 2:29   Att: 4,725 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (8-10) 3 10 0 6 Philadelphia Phillies (9-4) 4 6 0 9 Win: Tug McGraw (1-0)   Loss: Lance Rautzhan (0-2) T: 2:45   Att: 32,826 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore

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