Word: bench
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...else to speak of, except for one Celtics home game next Wednesday at the Garden. Tip-off will be at 7:30. which seems a lot like the old glory days of the Celtics. Boy, even when the Celtics were winning all those championships I was still on the bench watching Don Larsen on the mound. He used to scuff up the ball, and the umpire would walk out to the mound, and then the manager would come out, and before you knew anything. I'd be traded to another team. Back to you, Tony...
...management traded away his best friends on the team, and they sold his very best friend, Bernie Carbo--who was also the best pinch-hitter on the bench--to Cleveland. The Red Sox got nothing but money in exchange for Bernie Carbo, the co-spaceman who was known as one of the best pinch-hitters in baseball. Lee quit the team for three days in protest. "It's time we started talking about the earth," he said upon returning...
...Rockets may have helped themselves to the division title with the acquisition of Barry, the return of Rudy Tomjanovich, and the added playing time for guard Mike Newlin. The Spurs have awesome fans and a starting lineup to match, led by scoring champ George Gervin, but a weak bench could kill them in the stretch. Coach Bill Fitch has his Cavaliers looking steadier than ever, and that means playoffs and not much more. As for the Atlanta Hawks, a backcourt of Charlie Criss (5'7") and all American Butch Lee looks like fun, but who said this game...
Restic soon cleared his bench with Brian Buckley spelling Brown and Colgate managed to come back with two fourth quarter touchdowns. "They controlled the ball pretty well in the second half," Restic said, "we had a chance to break it open but we kept it a ballgame...
...pennant in the playoffs. Two images linger in the mind: Yankee Chris Chambliss hitting the home run in 1976 that beat the Royals in the final inning of the final game, and, in 1977, Royals' Shortstop Fred Patek openly and unashamedly weeping while he sat alone on the bench after another final-game loss to the Yankees. Wait until next year, the Royals' fans kept muttering, in the classic fashion of losers, and now next year begins this week when Kansas City once again gets its chance to win the American League pennant and, at long last, bask...