Word: cito
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other three, the nightmare will continue. No matter how precisely the A's marched through the summer, no matter how majestically Mitchell and Clark reigned over National League pitching, no matter how admirably Cito Gaston rescued the sinking Blue Jay ship, no matter how magically the Cubs warmed the hearts of baseball purists, something will happen to three of these teams over the next few weeks that will cause them to once again be branded as losers and chokers. Their accomplishments of 1989 will be forgotten. Their fans' laundry list of heartbreaking defeats will grow still longer...
...power of team chemistry. When the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East dropped 24 of their first 36 games this spring, it seemed the epitaph for a talented but erratic team. Renewal began with a new manager (soft-spoken Cito Gaston) whose unflappable style helped inspire the midseason revival of brooding power hitter George Bell. The August acquisition of spark-plug centerfielder Mookie Wilson added on-the-field leadership. As Gaston, one of the two black managers in baseball, puts it, "If I wasn't sitting in the dugout, I'd buy a ticket to see Mookie play...