Word: fullerton
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DIED. AL CAMPANIS, 81, behind-the-scenes Dodgers exec for four decades who became a household name--and killed his career--after remarking on national TV that black people lacked "some of the necessities" to be major league managers; in Fullerton, Calif. As short stop on the Dodgers farm team, Campanis worked with second baseman Jackie Robinson to perfect the double play. But during a 1987 ABC tribute to his former teammate's breaking the color barrier, Campanis dropped the ball. He was fired two days later...
...what thoughts coursed through Ralph's head as he took two pitches from Tulane reliever Scott Bell. His impending professional career? His shameful 2-for-11 no-show in the Regional up to that point? His near-grand slam that would have tied Game One against Cal State-Fullerton...
...although the Crimson fell out of the field with its second loss to eighth-ranked Fullerton in three days, baseball in the Northeast is on the map, courtesy of a gritty, knowledgeable club that won the hearts of the toughest baseball audience in the country...
...fact that we were one of three teams left standing with LSU and Fullerton says a lot," Walsh said. "Those are programs that have owned the national championship in the last five years. We were fighting for national respect today, to show that we're not only a great school, but that we've got a great baseball team...
Vail finished Second-Team All-Ivy behind Gutshall, tallying a 5-3 record with a 2.94 ERA, and also managed to avenge his Game One loss to Fullerton with six and two-thirds innings of four-hit ball against the Titans to keep Harvard involved in Game Four...