Word: coachly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...championship when she outpointed seven boys in the finals of the nine-to-twelve age group. One of two girls on her Little League team, Crystal has been a stalwart-this year she's hitting .528 and getting on base 70% of the time-since her coach discovered her throwing a ball against a building. Besides baseball, her interests include basketball, music, bike riding and the Pittsburgh Pirates (her idol: Outfielder Dave Parker, who strong-armed the National League's 7-6 win in Seattle). Crystal, a B student, will enter the sixth grade this fall. But right...
Basketball Coach Bobby Knight has long been famed for both his temper tantrums and his impressive won-lost record at Indiana University. At the Pan American games in San Juan last week, he embellished his reputation in both areas. He was coaching the U.S. basketball team in a practice session when the Puerto Rican policeman on duty allowed the Brazilian women's team into the gym before he was supposed to by Knight's account...
...keeps his Orioles flying high, i despite injuries and the power Lof the Yankees and the Red Sox, Weaver has grown in stature in the eyes of his peers. "He gets the most out of every individual," says George Bamberger, who used to coach Baltimore's pitchers and now manages the Milwaukee Brewers, another strong team in the division...
This week the board is expected to rule favorably on a linkup between Western and Continental. Passengers would benefit almost immediately. If they merge, Western and Continental have promised a 20% reduction in coach fares...
...Weaver is the kind of manager who can wring his pitching staff dry, and only have them running down by the Super Bowl," Red Sox pitching coach Al Jackson said last month...