Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, the championship remains a possibility, albeit an elusive one. Ironically, when Kross and Clark talk about such moments of glory, they talk about it from the typical offensive lineman's point of view--not an individual...
...Jackie Robinson at second base, and was celebrated as a "ballplayer's ballplayer" before turning into a player-coach in 1965 and a full-time coach two years later. Stricken on Sept. 15, Gilliam slipped into a coma and never knew that his team had dedicated its league championship and World Series play...
...center field, the Dodgers' Bill North gloried in the drama: "That was the best show I've ever seen. The game's best fastball hitter up against a kid who throws as hard as anybody in baseball. It was like the 15th round of a heavyweight championship fight and you knew both guys had won seven rounds. Bob just aired it out and said, 'Hey Reggie, here it comes. If you can handle it, you deserve it.' It had to end in a home run or a strikeout...
Still, the long drive for the American League championship left the Yankees drained and hobbled. Three key regulars-Centerfielder Mickey Rivers, All-Star Second Baseman Willie Randolph and First Baseman Chris Chambliss -missed one or more of the early Series games. Other Yankees suffered nagging injuries that did not remove them from the lineup, but slowed them a step or took some snap from their bats...
...effect of Gilliam's death on the club varied with each player, but there was little doubt that the Dodgers' fierce concentration during the opening games was heightened by their determination to make Gilliam's last team a championship club. Captain Davey Lopes insisted the night before the funeral that the Yankees would have to beat 50 Dodgers, "all 25 men on the roster and then the part of Jim Gilliam that...