Word: garveyism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both Yale touchdowns came on long, spectacular runs, one of 52 yards by Garvey and another of 42 yards by Hammersley...
Three stanzas and six strikeouts into the game, the Yankees managed to score in the fourth. With Willie Randolph on third and Munson on first, Jackson hit a smash to Steve Garvey who neatly converted it into a 3-6-3 double play as Randolph scampered across the plate. Then 5-1. That was as close as the Pinstripers ever...
...Dodgers added another tally in the ninth as Garvey powered a Sparky Lyle pitch (doesn't he ever get tired?) into the left-field stands. Lyle, it should be noted, came in after the third Yankee hurler, rookie Ken Clay, pitched three perfect innings of relief. Clay and Tidrow actually held the Dodgers scoreless for 5-2/3 innings...
...line-up is a murderers' row, capable of crunching some of Carlton's fastballs over the fence and blowing the playoffs wide open. The numbers tell the whole story: first baseman Steve Garvey (.300, 33 HR's, 115 RBI's), the defensive wizard of right field Reggie Smith (.307, 30, 84), third baseman Ron Cey (30 HR's, 110 RBI's), and left filder Dusty Baker (29, 85) lead the hitting parade...
Smith's blast broke a 5-5 tie and gave the former Brooklynites a 7-5 victory. But Smith was not the only star in the Los Angles constellation of sluggers, as three other Dodgers--Steve Garvey, Ron Cey and Lee Lacy--also homered...