Word: bando
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...harassed his managers by telephoning strategy to the dugout, yet installed a 16-year-old fan as vice president. For all his buffoonery, Finley was as shrewd a judge of talent as any in the sport since Branch Rickey. Roll the names over in the mind: Jackson, Rudi, Bando, Hunter, Fingers, Blue. But he lost them all, and others, because he was unwilling to pay them well. Toward the end, he ordered that his players' half-fare airline coupons be collected as they stepped off the planes from road trips...
...officially waived pitcher Skip Lockwood yesterday and will probably give Dick Drago his outright release this afternoon. In other transactions, the Cleveland Indians sent Chris Bando and Karl Pagel to Charleston of the International League, the New York Mets sold Mark Bomback to Toronto, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Mark Brouhard and Buster Keeton to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent pitcher Bob Owchinko to Oakland for future considerations...