Word: dodger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peter O'Malley, 59, is a step up in class from his late father. Since taking over the team in 1970, Peter has run one of the most respected and stable organizations in baseball. First baseman Eric Karros, who recently signed a four-year, $20 million contract to stay Dodger Blue, said, "You talk to players who have been in Los Angeles and gone elsewhere, and they tell you there's no comparison in the way the organizations are run and the way they are treated." The Dodgers had just two managers from 1954 until 1996--Walter Alston and Tommy...
...ANGELES: When owner Peter O'Malley announced that he was putting the Los Angeles Dodgers up for sale, old-time Dodger fans in Brooklyn saw their first ray of hope in the 40 years since O'Malley's father Walter moved the Bums out of the city. Could the Dodgers return? "Bring 'Em Back!" the New York Post shouted on page one. Columnist Jack Newfield, who ranks Walter O'Malley as the third worst person of this century behind Hitler and Stalin, said the decision to sell could mean an end to what he called "40 years lost...
...middle by spoken anecdotes, speculations, or quandaries. Sometimes he stops playing just to talk out an idea. Guthrie's colloquial idiom and sense of aphoristic wisdom are, perhaps, of the Prairie Home Companion school, but his repertoire is not without the socially conscious ire of a draft-dodger. Guthrie is a drawling American peacenik with teeth...
...Orioles split a pair of tight, tense games in New York that featured dramatic home runs, clutch pitching performances, and, of course, that memorable catch. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals have shown surprising power in hitting well against an Atlanta Braves pitching staff that just got through embarrassing the Dodger's hitters in the first round of the NL playoffs. All in all, a good show for Budig if he ever gets out of the office. -->
...Artful Dodger" Award...