Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Coach Kit Morris awarded the pair game balls as they came within one out of hurling a combined no-hitter...
...continued for the next three innings. Betty 'she's so hot, you'll melt if you stand near her" Ippolito collected two hits--a single and a double--and two RBI's. Elaine Holpuch cracked her fourth homer of the season, and, in the bottom of the third, designated hitter Sarah LeBlond scored the 16th run of the game when three consecutive Smith errors let her circle the bases...
...acquisitions: "First we got Jim Dwyer, who can both pinch hit and shore up our late-inning outfield defense. He can play first base too, so that gives us options in the infield as well. Then there's José Morales, who batted .303 as a designated hitter with Minnesota last year. He can DH and pinch hit, and he's a catcher to boot, which gives us the luxury of carrying three catchers. Now, if everybody else stays healthy, we've got our three extra games. It's simple...
...They finished in last place in 1979, 34 games behind California in the AL West. Playing Billyball, they finished second last year, though 14 games behind the league champion Kansas City Royals. Says Pitching Ace Mike Norris, who won Oakland's 1981 opener with a six-hitter: "Billy gave us the confidence that in past years we didn't have...
...outfield, with Leftfielder Rickey Henderson (a .303 hitter in 1980), Centerfielder Dwayne Murphy and Rightfielder Tony Armas, is considered the finest young group in the game. Oakland's youthful pitchers led the majors in complete games last year, and Norris (22 wins and nine losses) was runner-up in the Cy Young balloting. If the inventor of Billyball seems outwardly mellow, he has lost none of his fiery will to win. Says Martin: "Everybody tells you, 'Be a good loser.' If that's the case, why do they keep score?" -By B.J. Phillips