Word: graig
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Yankee Third Baseman Graig Nettles started out making them in this Series, and that is largely how New York jumped off with two quick wins. Jackson, "Mr. October," dropped out of the starting lineup when he went lame early in the playoff sweep against Oakland, and Nettles came on with both bat and glove. Then he too was sidelined. October stars were falling like leaves. When the Series opened, it looked as if the man with the magic might be Bob Watson, 35, a fine but little-heralded player with losing teams for many years. Watson hit a three...
...Dodgers continued their assault on Yankee pitching by scoring four more runs off relievers Ron Davis and Rick Reuschel. With one out in the inning, Burt Hooton and Lopes walked. Hooton scored on Russell's base hit, and Lopes tallied on pinch hitter Darrel Thomas's infield single. After Graig Nettle's error loaded the bases, Guerrero drove in two runs with a double...
...Graig Nettles delivered the New York Yankees to the World Series in a suitably Yankee way. When he was through batting out the Oakland A's in three straight play-off games for the American League pennant, the third baseman scuffled with Teammate Reggie Jackson for good measure...
Nettles, 37, who knocked in three runs each game and was named Most Valuable Player in the playoffs, thoroughly upstaged any possible Billy-Reggie-George melodrama. Graig is not much for the sort of public theater these three seemed to enjoy when all were together in New York City. Nevertheless, Nettles found himself center stage at the team's victory party in Oakland. Angry that several guests of Jackson's had been rude to his family, Nettles confronted his teammate, and the two got into a spirited shoving match. "It's nothing new for this team," Nettles...
...Yankees played again without the services of slugger Reggie Jackson, who is resting a hamstring strain. Third baseman Graig Nettles was also out of the lineup, but both are expected to be back on the field when the series resumes today at 4:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time...