Sports headlines for Monday September 17, 1979:

• 3,000 Hits Is No Great Feat...... Unless You're Carl Yastrzemski
• Lou Brock's Beef
• Black Quarterbacks Making NFL History

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Astros activated Alan Ashby
•	Mets activated Steve Henderson

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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 Minnesota Twins (78-72) 10 9 1 8 Chicago White Sox (65-84) 3 7 3 4 Win: Mike Bacsik (4-2)   Loss: Rich Wortham (14-12) T: 2:57   Att: 5,003 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (80-67) 1 5 2 7 Cleveland Indians (75-74) 5 13 1 10 Win: Rick Waits (15-13)   Loss: Jim Beattie (3-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:30 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (80-68) 5 9 2 5 Cleveland Indians (76-74) 6 12 1 6 Win: Sid Monge (10-9)   Loss: Don Hood (4-1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:19   Att: 14,063 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (98-50) 2 5 1 5 Detroit Tigers (80-70) 1 8 0 7 Win: Scott McGregor (12-5)   Loss: Milt Wilcox (12-8) T: 2:28   Att: 12,918 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (81-69) 4 8 2 8 Kansas City Royals (79-71) 16 18 0 6 Win: Dennis Leonard (13-10)   Loss: Chris Knapp (3-5) T: 3:11   Att: 38,327 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (75-76) 6 11 0 8 Oakland A's (52-99) 3 7 1 8 Win: Steve Comer (16-10)   Loss: Mike Morgan (2-9)   Save: Jim Kern (27) T: 2:32   Att: 2,636 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (88-62) 7 11 1 6 Seattle Mariners (63-88) 6 13 0 9 Win: Bill Travers (13-8)   Loss: Rich Hinton (1-4)   Save: Bob McClure (4) T: 3:01   Att: 5,636 at The Kingdome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (82-65) 4 8 1 9 Toronto Blue Jays (50-99) 5 8 2 5 Win: Jesse Jefferson (2-10)   Loss: Dick Drago (9-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:22 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (83-65) 5 6 2 4 Toronto Blue Jays (50-100) 3 8 1 8 Win: Chuck Rainey (7-5)   Loss: Dave Freisleben (2-3)   Save: Bill Campbell (9) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:12   Att: 15,644 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (59-89) 4 11 2 13 Los Angeles Dodgers (72-78) 9 11 4 5 Win: Charlie Hough (6-5)   Loss: Phil Niekro (18-20) T: 2:17   Att: 16,700 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (89-58) 2 11 1 9 Montreal Expos (87-58) 1 6 0 5 Win: Don Robinson (8-6)   Loss: Steve Rogers (13-10) T: 2:28   Att: 54,609 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (83-66) 1 5 1 3 San Diego Padres (62-88) 0 6 0 6 Win: Joe Niekro (19-10)   Loss: Bob Owchinko (5-11) T: 2:04   Att: 9,452 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (85-65) 4 13 3 8 San Francisco Giants (67-84) 7 13 0 7 Win: Vida Blue (13-13)   Loss: Mike LaCoss (14-7)   Save: Gary Lavelle (19) T: 2:30   Att: 4,880 at Candlestick Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (77-72) 7 13 1 9 St. Louis Cardinals (78-69) 5 7 3 4 Win: Steve Carlton (16-11)   Loss: Darold Knowles (2-5)   Save: Tug McGraw (16) T: 2:36   Att: 6,479 at Busch Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs Game postponed. New York Mets at Shea Stadium

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