Word: finleyism
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...toward Woodward Avenue. The ball hit the fence, ricocheted back and fell into the cup for a win. The Rev. Floyd Moore resorts to higher tactics. "You know I love the Lord," he sings at a critical juncture. "He heard my cry." That's enough for Opponent Jim Finley, who complains, "Rev, I can't beat you and Jesus...
...Centerfielder Rick Monday. The ebullient Cardenal, who played solidly but unspectacularly for four major league teams before coming to the Cubs from Milwaukee three seasons ago, has been peppering pitchers with line drives and was hitting a potent .363 last week. Monday, signed by A's Owner Charlie Finley with a much publicized $100,000 bonus ten years ago and traded to Chicago in 1971, is finally playing up to his early promise. The clubhouse jester and clean-up hitter was batting .337. Not far behind at .321 was Manny Trillo, a surprisingly effective second baseman acquired last winter...
...section man in Professor John Finley's Humanities 103 (formerly Humanities 3), a course which many believe has done more than its share to promote "inflated" grades at Harvard, offered a summary indictment of the University's grading system...
...ANGELES--Swami says super. With the best personnel in baseball today, the talented Dodgers will capture another divisional title, but this year, not even Charlie Finley's Oakland A's will stop this smooth machine...
...Clift, head sectionman for John Finley and an alumnus of North Carolina: "Kentucky and UCLA, and I'll go with Kentucky on momentum. Still, the best ball in the country is ACC--they just kill each other before the NCAAs, though. Come to think of it, Louisville's strong. They beat Maryland. Maybe I should go with them...