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...found the former Philadelphia Phillies caterer guilty on eleven charges of selling cocaine to major-league baseball players between 1980 and 1983. Numerous players had been associated with drugs during the twelve-day trial. Star athletes who were once heavy users, including the Kansas City Royals' Lonnie Smith, the Cincinnati Reds' Dave Parker and the New York Mets' Keith Hernandez, were granted immunity to testify against Strong. The convicted dealer faces a maximum sentence of 165 years in prison and $275,000 in fines...
...ovation swelled last Wednesday, everyone in Cincinnati's brimming ball park felt close to Rose, but only First Base Coach Tommy Helms was nearby. A quarter of a century ago, Helms and Rose were minor-league roommates, partners in mischief, who both became Rookies of the Year in the National League. A temporal way of fixing Rose's career is to remember that Helms actually followed him to that eminence by three seasons but has already beaten him to pasture by eight. Displaying tenderness publicly for the first time maybe in 44 years, the great roughneck laid his head...
...cool, coming-of-autumn evening on the Ohio River. At Rose's every motion, the flashes from the instant cameras made a light show. Enough newsmen joined the "Rose Watch" to prompt the youngest Cincinnati players to ask their manager in hushed voices, "Is this what a World Series is like?" Rose grinned and nodded. A few days before in Chicago, a left-handed Cubs pitcher wrecked his shoulder in a bicycle accident, and for several hours the city of Cincinnati was listed in critical condition. Throughout his 23rd season, Rose has played himself routinely against right-handers. So, starting...
Both Madlock and Stargell denied the accusation, which was made again on the stand two days later by Cincinnati Outfielder Dave Parker, a former Pirate. It was an unwelcome charge anywhere, but especially in Pittsburgh, where Stargell is beloved as the man who led the Pirates "family" to its 1979 World Series victory. "I can't believe that Willie would be involved in that," Pirates President Daniel Galbreath said to the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette. "In fact, I doubt...
...crisp single to the opposite field, his trademark for 23 summers, Rose displaces Ty Cobb as baseball' s most prolific hitter. The long- awaited drama has an unexpected poignancy, with the great Cincinnati roughneck in tears amid a sea of cheers. Others still weep for the sport. At the Pittsburgh drug trial, no name is inviolate, not even Willie Mays...