Word: hideo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...premature release of his concession speech on Election Night. And, of course, there was the symbol of his campaign, the Chico--as in California, not Marx--pratfall. On the very same day that Dole landed on his back after crashing through a fence on-stage, he also cited Hideo Nomo's no-hitter for "the Brooklyn Dodgers." It could have been worse. Better to call them the Brooklyn Dodgers than what they were known as in the 19th century: the Brooklyn Bridegrooms...
...probably doesn't realize how unbelievable that accomplishment is. People in Japan probably don't know Coors Field, but I'm betting it won't be done again." --Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros on teammate Hideo Nomo's no-hitter at Coors Field...
...BALL GAME Thanks to the all-American virtues of Cal Ripken Jr., the all-Japanese windup of Hideo Nomo and an exciting though politically incorrect all-Indian World Series, the national pastime was back in good graces after the shame of '94. Of course, the players and owners still haven't smoked a peace pipe...
...Harvard alums who made Swing's who's who of the twentysomething set includes Dodgers pitching phenomenon Hideo Norns actress Alicia Silverstone and rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg...
...staff dominated the league this year, with an NL-high 19 wins and a 1.63 earned run average, and led the Braves to their first world championship since 1957. The diminutive Maddux, who TIME's Steve Wulf calls "the best pitcher of his generation," beat out several others including Hideo Nomo, the Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie of the Year...