Word: fan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what it is, Aikens later wrecked his knee, and is out for the year. The last straw was the injury to Pitcher Jim Barr (10-12), one of eight Angels who have signed contracts of over $1 million. After the team clinched the Western title last week, a young fan waved a placard at Barr, who swiped at it. Of course, he damaged the knuckles of his pitching hand, and will miss the playoffs...
Angel Shortstop Jim Anderson poured champagne over the presidential head, and Second Baseman Bobby Grich completed the double play by adding a beer chaser. The team's best-known fan, Richard M. Nixon, was delighted by the ritual horseplay of the Angel's locker-room victory party. "Anybody want some more good California champagne?" asked Nixon, wiping his pate. "You can squeeze it right out of this towel." Before leaving, Nixon dutifully made his round of the players, offering congratulations and advising Outfielder Joe Rudi about his real estate investments in Oregon...
Nixon was a Washington Senators fan until eight years ago. When the team left town in 1971, Nixon pronounced himself "heartbroken" and switched loyalties to his "home town" Angels, whose Anaheim stadium is 35 miles from San Clemente. True to his word, the former President has shown up regularly at Angel games, autographing baseballs and copies of his memoirs. This year he bought four season tickets, and informed management: "Since you've obtained Carew we know you are making every effort to bring a winner here, and we want to support you." Nixon attended 20 games, 14 of which...
Nixon, who invited the Angel players to a recent bash at San Clemente, studies the team stats and can fling a cliché as well as the next fan. Dave Frost, he says, is "a premier pitcher," and Jim Barr "a wily veteran." Nixon sees a low-scoring playoff series between California and Baltimore, with the Angels winning in five games. As he told TIME Correspondent Paul Witteman: "Man for man, down the lineup, I believe the Angels can match them...
Notre Dame. "Don't call it a fetish. Call it a passion," he says, though either description may fit. An early childhood in Indianapolis --with a diehard Irish fan for a father--served as the catalyst, and his devotion survived a move that might have left an average fan with split sympathies...