Wood vs. Wood #215

Last time it was a 6-3 victory for 1987. Who will win this time?

Woody Held holds his wood at Yankee Stadium. The C on his batting helmet is mostly worn away. Usually known as Woodie, and born Woodson Heldt, he was originally a prospect for the Yankees, but was traded to Kansas City with Billy Martin in the Copacabana trade. A year later, the A's sent him to Cleveland in the Roger Maris trade. He had his best years with the Indians, with at least 18 home runs in each of his six full seasons with the Tribe. Held held the Cleveland record for career home runs by a shortstop with 85, until it was broken by Jhonny Peralta in 2009. Held's value was mostly his power; he had high strikeout and error totals and a low patting average. Overall in 14 seasons for seven teams, he hit .240 with 179 HR and 559 RBI. After his playing career he retired to Wyoming where he operated a dude ranch, owned a pizza place and coach Little League. He died of cancer in 2009.

 Mark Langston is in mid-delivery at Anaheim Stadium. Langston pitched in two day games there in 1986 and was roughed around by the AL West champs both times, allowing eight earned runs in 15 innings (4.80 ERA), walking eight and striking out five. Seattle lost both games. Langston came up with the Mariners in 1984 and became one of the franchise's early stars, leading the AL in strikeouts three of his first four seasons. However, he also had high walk totals and gave up a lot of home runs, so outside of strikeouts his numbers were not that outstanding. He was traded to the Expos in 1989 for young fireballer Randy Johnson. Though Langston pitched well for the Expos, they failed to make the playoffs, while Johnson became a Hall-of-Famer with Seattle. After the season he signed with the Angels. Though his strikeouts were down with California, he pitched well in his first three seasons there. He ended his career with stints in San Diego and Cleveland. Overall in 16 seasons he went 179-158 with 2,464 strikeouts and a 3.97 ERA. He is currently in his 13ths season as a radio announcer for the Angels.