Word: bavasi
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Some of the stunts are crazier than anything the Phillie Phanatic would ever do. The Everett Giants of Washington have featured such carnival acts as fire eaters and Captain Dynamite, who seems to blow himself up. "The bizarre works fairly well for us," says Giants Owner Bob Bavasi. So do more orthodox gimmicks. The Louisville Redbirds brought in the Beach Boys for a postgame concert at a cost of $100,000. The game drew 22,000 fans to the stadium, three times the norm, while concessions took in $100,000, about four times the usual sales. At the final home...
...Shortstop Alfredo Griffin. "Baseball is the big thing." But what makes Macoristas so good at the game? "It's the good weather," suggests Atlanta Braves Caribbean Scout Pedro Gonzales, who was born there. "It could be the water or the diet. No one knows," says Cleveland Indians President Peter Bavasi, whose Macorista shortstop, Julio Franco, 24, went into last weekend hitting .294. Says Franco simply: "People are poor. They want to play ball." Still, the town has no corner on poverty, sunshine or major league dreams...
...people who come to the games in Toronto are reserved to the point of courteousness," says Peter Bavasi, operator of the expansion franchise for the first five years. Gary Carter says the Expos fans "have more loyalty to a great display of baseball skill than to the home team alone. When the other side makes a good play they don't sit on their hands like a lot of American fans." Often they clap their hands to the tune of The Happy Wanderer. "When you're on a roll and going good," says Steve Rogers, Montreal...
...Discovering how to win in Oakland (1972, '73, '74), Jackson shared his knowledge with the New York Yankees in 1978 and 1979. This year the Yankees let Jackson get away to California, and naturally the Angels are in the playoffs. "His charisma rubs off," says Buzzie Bavasi, the California general manager. "Of course, he's having a good year, 37 homers. You can't be too charismatic if you're having a bad one. Reggie's hard play induces hard play. Then he draws the media fire off everybody. Fred Lynn couldn...