Word: dodger
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This year's World Series could not have pitted against each other two teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, that were more disparate. The Dodgers represent old-style baseball under a California sun. Nurtured on the Dodger farm system to live by simple virtues, they respect their owner, love their manager and hit home runs. The Yankees reflect the clamor and chaos of New York City. High-powered and high-salaried, they are as disputatious, selfish and disdainful of each other as they are talented-a galaxy of stars, singularly burning with a hard, cold light...
Lasorda was in a unique position to know just how good was the team he now led. Nine players on the Dodger roster played minor league ball under his tutelage. O'Malley, who tolerates clubhouse conflict only slightly less than free agents, had long assured an orderly transition. "We had Tommy in mind as a manager about ten years ago," O'Malley explained. "We deliberately took our best young prospects and put them on minor league teams that Tommy was managing. It's paid off. He knows the players...
...journeymen as much as he did to the regulars, lunching with the No. 7 outfielder, enveloping a utility infielder with praise. Injured players struggling to come back from surgery-Pitcher Tommy John, Outfielders Dusty Baker and Reggie Smith-were bombarded with encouragement by the chunky Dale Carnegie in Dodger Blue. Always, the message was the same: The Dodgers will win. Says Reggie Smith: "He allowed us to share. He gave us a greater sense of being part of something, and we had to believe in ourselves because he never doubted us. He preached to us from day one that...
...victim of the Dodger onslaught was none other than Don Gullett, who probably threw five good pitches out of the 99 he unfurled. He was not helped, however, by the first Yankee errors of the Series, committed by Sweet Lou Piniella and Graig Nettles on consecutive batters. But to blame the loss on these two would be akin to blaming World War I on the Archduke Ferdinand's chauffeur. Gullet just didn't have...
...controversial balk call on Dodger reliever Elias Sosa provided the Phils with an insurance run after Schmidt's timely...