Word: davey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...midway through the decade General Manager Frank Cashen got serious. Suddenly, the Mets were trading for honest-to-goodness superstars like Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter, and drafting superstars-to-be-in-a-hurry, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. With a new manager, Davey Johnson, at the helm, the Amazins vaulted into contention...
October has been the cruelest month.Co-Captains Hernandez and Carter have been let go.The final blow will drop tomorrow when Cashenfires Johnson. All Davey has done is win moregames than anyone else since he was hired. Herefused to kick dirt on umps, like Earl Weaver. Hedidn't abuse his pitchers, like Billy Martin. Henever tried to win games by himself, like WhiteyHerzog. He wasn't a celebrity, like Tommy Lasorda.He just let his players...
...Straw Man had to come out of the clubhouse to bat. He struck out to end the game. Manager Davey Johnson, who reportedly had a shouting match with Strawberry after the slugger whiffed, benched and fined the two cheerleaders...
...people in my section moaned, "That's bad luck," I'd bring up Dan Marino and Davey Concepcion. I never witnessed a Harvard loss while wearing number...
...Sixteen of 26 arbitration verdicts have gone the way of management, intent on driving down last season's average wage of $412,520. The arbitrator lopped $200,000 off Dodger Pitcher Orel Hershiser's $1 million salary. As for free agents, museum pieces have lost their charm. Reds Shortstop Davey Concepcion, uncoveted elsewhere, had his $900,000 rate cut to $350,000. Reggie Jackson was obliged to come down almost that much to rejoin...