Word: homerically
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...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-run homer in his first Series at-bat and later added a single in a 5-3 Yankee victory; next day, he had two hits and knocked in another run in a 3-0 triumph. Or was the man with the magic Yankee Relief Pitcher Goose Gossage? The Goose saved both of the Yankee...
...something else. Second Baseman Davey Lopes defined it: "Character." It may be that Dodger Third Baseman Ron Cey too has been touched with a bit of this magic. He hit a three-run homer and made a diving catch of a double-play bunt...
...make my contribution," swore Yankee Slugger Dave Winfield, who went hitless through four games. The hobbled Jackson came back from the bench to get two singles and a homer in the fourth game, but that was not enough to prevent the Dodgers from winning 8-7 and tying the Series at two games apiece. "Not many days left in October," brooded Reggie...
When Jackson left the second game after the second inning with a strained calf muscle, Piniella replaced him in the outfield for a time and batted well in the clutch. Lou undercut a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning that pretty much put an end to all the talk about Billyball...
Large claims have often been made for homely old salacious gossip-the sort of assertions, one might think, that sweating pornographers used to make in court about the "redeeming social value" of their work. All storytelling, hence most of literature from Homer onward, rises from gossip's fertile lowlands. Even the deepest primordial myths are essentially gossip: "Zeus and Hera are fighting again?" "Per shirr...