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...rookie skipper in 1967, Padres Manager Dick Williams directed the Boston Red Sox from ninth to first, and in the '70s the Oakland A's fought and flourished under him. Williams provoked a particularly ugly brawl this year in Atlanta. Like Chicago, San Diego employs a ruthless trader, General Manager Jack McKeon, whose name should be listed highest in the credits. Not all of the Padres' names are recognizable, though some deserve recognition, for instance Reserve Catcher Doug Gwosdz (pronounced Goosh), whose perfect nickname, Eye Chart, revives that poetic baseball art. McKeon has a sense of poetry...
...classic Democratic primary to fill the U.S. Congress seat being vacated by Senate hopeful James M. Shannon, a barroom brawl well-matched enough to be interesting, and chock full of snide advertising, nasty charges and heated countercharges...
...Africans in 1976 or of some Arab states in 1956 in response to the crisis over Suez. As for this year of Soviet revenge, not only are more nations than ever sending delegations, but people are saying that the Games may be better off without an East-West brawl. Quieter countries will get a chance to strut...
...politics, sex or race, hardball hosts relish a verbal brawl...
...mate. His aides, however, spent much of last week fretting about his unruly rivals. Gary Hart would not quit. Jesse Jackson was making threatening sounds. The Mondale camp's worst fear was that the pair would form an alliance that could turn the Democratic Convention into a political brawl. Having won the war, Mondale's men spent the week maneuvering on all fronts to win the peace...