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Your fine article "Judging the Judges" [Aug. 20] was long overdue. Obviously, many lawyer-judges are unable to police themselves, and people outside the bar are needed to end the abuses. It seems the lawyers and lawyer-judges want to regulate and control everything and everyone except themselves. Earl Wheby Jr. Atlanta
Dubbed "Lightning and Thunder" by Teammate Bob Watson, Lynn and Rice form one of the most powerful duos in baseball history. "It's gotta be the strongest one-two punch since Maris and Mantle," says Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver. Batting third and fourth in the Red Sox lineup, Lynn, 27, and Rice, 26, have been pounding the ball so hard and often that, astonishingly enough, both have a good shot at winning the Triple Crown (leading the league in hitting, homers and runs-batted-in). Last week Lynn was first in hitting with a .347 average, while Rice...
Here in Baltimore, the man you describe as having a Napoleonic complex is known as the Wizard of 33rd Street, and that Earl Weaver is [July 23]! Once you catch his "Oriole fever," there's no getting...
...title "Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab" knows more about baseball than about crabs. The softshelled crab, having just shed his protective shell, is the most vulnerable and timid crustacean, and usually hides in the sea grasses and shallows. Not a very apt comparison to fiery and aggressive Earl Weaver...
...said that Zimmer had to pass his driver's test before he could manage a professional baseball team. But gerbils just don't drive--they sniff and sneak and scurry their way out of the maze. And if the O's are demolished in a plane crash, (or if Earl Weaver sniff too much glue), then Don Zimmer's beady eyes might finally sit still at the end of the season. Besides, Zimmer is the right man for the job. In the American League East, a rodent's instincts are more reliable than a court of kings...