Word: garveyism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though not exciting, the Dodgers displayed some impressive offense, and, led by Steve Garvey's two homerun, four-RBI effort, got some strong long relief work by rookie Bob Welch to dispatch the Phils rather easily...
Down 1-0 in the second after Greg Luzinski's triple was turned into the game's first run with a Mike Schmidt sacrifice fly, Los Angeles popped for four runs in the top half of the third to lead the contest for keeps. Garvey's first blast, a three-run round-tripper down the left-field line, was the big blow in that frame...
Dave Lopes proved the claims behind his "deceptive" power when the L.A. second baseman cracked a two-run homer to deep center field in the fourth to up the margin to five, and Ron Cey made it 7-1 the following inning when his base hit to right scored Garvey after the Golden Boy had tripled...
Meanwhile, Garvey gave the Dodgers their fourth homer, ninth run, and seventh extra-base hit with his final moonshot of the evening in the top of the ninth...
Pitcher Don Sutton struggled with his control at the start of the season, yet he has won twelve games, against nine losses, mixing up curves and fastballs that leave batters fuming. First Baseman Steve Garvey, ramrod straight in the batter's box, the Jock Armstrong of baseball, has had that regular Garvey year: M.V.P. in the All-Star game, hitting .289, with 84 runs batted in. Rightfielder Reggie Smith, who has been alternately brooding or brilliant in the past for Boston and St. Louis, is now a happily artful Dodger. He has a tremendous arm, a pulverizing...