Word: alston
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been mentioned in some quarters as the heir apparent to Walter Alston when the Dodgers' veteran manager decides to call it a career...
...cops, Panthers and jailbirds?all the characters who would be promptly denounced as racist stereotypes if a white playwright dared to suggest their existence. Inevitably, there are quite a few moments of truth, a quite poignant one when a country boy (Ralph Wilcox) finds out that his sister (Barbara Alston) who fled to the city has become a prostitute. But the book is torpid, the music is undistinguished and the words are undistinguishable, thanks to a faulty sound system and a resolutely amateurish cast...
...year catcher. Instead, rival managers laud him shamelessly. Chicago's Leo Durocher: "Bench is the greatest catcher since Gabby Hartnett." Montreal's Gene Mauch: "If I had my pick of any player in the league, Bench would be my first choice." Los Angeles' Walter Alston: "He'll be the All-Star catcher for the next ten years." Just 22, Johnny Lee does not take the high praise too seriously. He merely agrees...