Word: glove
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mattingly has brought back pride to the Yankees. In his first three seasons, he won the batting title, the Gold Glove and MVP award. Mattingly is only one of the most popular Yankees, one of the most well-regarded players in all of baseball. Why keep him? Maybe Steinbrenner can get pitching. He would at least be guaranteed the back page for the rest of the year...
Because the peace institute will be directed toward helping women be self-sufficient economically and emotionally, it shares many of Discovery's goals, Mason says. "Everything I do in the Discovery program is hand in glove with my studies...
...judges identify themselves by wearing one white plastic hospital glove, inspiring Buchanan to call the event the "Michael Jackson Proctology Tournament...
...Angeles outfielder Kirk Gibson limping out the grand home runs on a frayed leg injected with cortisone (in the spirit of the times, a steroid; "It's amazing what drugs can do," he said), or of National League president A. Bartlett Giamatti sniffing Dodger relief pitcher Jay Howell's glove for pine tar or caramel ("I felt there could be some amelioration by me," said Giamatti, sounding like Casey Stengel). But the memory is of Jefferies botching a bunt, booting a double play, running into a ball on the base paths, hitting .333 and looking like he wanted to stick...
...Second of all," Heinsohn says, "part of the job is really dealing with the players. It's much different than being an assistant coach when you can use a velvet glove on all the players. When you're a head coach, well, that's what I'll be looking...