Sports headlines for Tuesday May 29, 1979:

• Cooke Sells Lakers, Kings, Forum
• Man In Chicken Suit Loses Court Suit, Considers New Act

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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 Cleveland Indians (20-26) 2 7 1 9 Chicago White Sox (24-23) 4 10 3 7 Win: Rich Wortham (6-4)   Loss: Eric Wilkins (2-3)   Save: Randy Scarbery (2) T: 2:36   Att: 7,787 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (30-17) 8 16 1 12 Kansas City Royals (27-21) 1 7 0 7 Win: Jim Palmer (6-2)   Loss: Paul Splittorff (7-4) T: 2:41   Att: 22,731 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (25-22) 3 7 0 3 Milwaukee Brewers (27-22) 7 11 1 5 Win: Moose Haas (3-3)   Loss: Catfish Hunter (0-4) T: 2:02   Att: 21,891 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (29-19) 6 13 0 10 Seattle Mariners (17-32) 4 9 1 5 Win: Jim Barr (3-0)   Loss: Mike Parrott (2-1)   Save: Dave LaRoche (5) T: 2:38   Att: 4,068 at The Kingdome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (20-21) 9 13 0 10 Toronto Blue Jays (12-36) 8 13 0 9 Win: Dave Tobik (1-0)   Loss: Tom Buskey (1-1)   Save: John Hiller (3) T: 3:03   Att: 11,449 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (26-21) 1 8 1 6 Houston Astros (27-23) 2 7 0 6 Win: Randy Niemann (1-0)   Loss: Paul Moskau (4-2) T: 2:09   Att: 17,458 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (25-24) 5 13 0 10 Los Angeles Dodgers (24-26) 6 13 1 10 Win: Terry Forster (1-0)   Loss: Gary Lavelle (3-1) T: 3:03   Att: 35,845 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (27-18) 0 6 1 6 Montreal Expos (27-15) 9 12 0 5 Win: Steve Rogers (5-2)   Loss: Dick Ruthven (6-3) T: 2:17   Att: 32,078 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (20-23) 0 5 2 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (21-21) 8 15 0 9 Win: Don Robinson (4-3)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (4-4) T: 2:07   Att: 7,196 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (18-28) 3 7 1 4 San Diego Padres (21-29) 6 11 2 8 Win: Gaylord Perry (4-4)   Loss: Tony Brizzolara (1-1) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:52 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (18-29) 2 5 1 4 San Diego Padres (22-29) 3 7 1 4 Win: Bob Owchinko (2-1)   Loss: Phil Niekro (5-8)   Save: Rollie Fingers (7) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:52   Att: 15,340 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (16-26) 6 14 0 5 St. Louis Cardinals (22-20) 2 11 0 13 Win: Pat Zachry (4-0)   Loss: Pete Vuckovich (4-3)   Save: Skip Lockwood (8) T: 2:25   Att: 14,149 at Busch Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 10. Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox Game postponed due to rain. Made up on May 31. Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium

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