Word: dodgerism
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...swift rise and fall of Fidrych puts some in mind of Mexican Phenomenon Fernando Valenzuela, provider of about the only sweet note last season and about the only discordant one now. But even Fernando's holdout with Los Angeles has been kept a fairly light quarrel. Says Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda: "All last year we tried to teach him English, and the only word he learned was 'million.' " Softer, Lasorda says: "He was a big hero last year, but people are beginning to turn on him. It could hurt...
Gretzky is so cordial, one gets the impression he wants to be better than the sometimes fractious Orr even off the ice, to handle it all as well as the always placid Howe. Gordie is to Gretzky what Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges was to Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey, a giant he happened upon as a child and who never disappointed either the boy or the man. "Sometimes," Gretzky says, "I think it would be nice just to play the game, take off the equipment and go home. It's embarrassing to talk about records. But then I think...
...Jamey Foster. Last year she herself appeared as a bag lady in a radical farce at Los Angeles' Odyssey Theater: "It keeps my childlike spirit alive to go out and do something really strange." When her schedule permits, she attends boxing matches at the Olympic Auditorium, goes to Dodger games or listens to jazz at the Parisian Room. And she still goes home to Jackson, though "it's different now. People who used to talk freely don't talk any more, figuring they'll end up in a play or a book." They need not worry...
...Draft Dodger...
...poured Dodger dirt all over himself," Gigi laughs. "He was out there rolling in the Dodger dirt." Says Scheper: "I wend nuts when we won." Craziness aside, it's interesting to note that the entire starting nine from Scheper's team is still playing baseball, four in the pros and five in college. And Scheper was voted most inspirational by his teammates. "Just for the Dodger dirt," he grins...