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...thought Charlie was in complete command, and [pitching coach] Gary Blaylock and I agreed it was his game to win or lose," Royals Manager Dick Howser said...
...Texas a game behind, while Kansas City awaited the Oakland A's and the champagne. Of last year's four playoff teams, including the popular Cubs, the promising Padres and the pre- eminent Tigers, only the modest Royals have endured. "It's great to be great," said Dick Howser, a manager whose achievements exceed his reputation, "but there's a joy in being competitive...
Royal manager Dick Howser's lifetime post-season record dropped to 0-10 with the loss...
...Brett said, "When you hear transition, you think of rebuilding; when you think of rebuilding, you think of finishing sixth. The Cubs have been rebuilding for 39 years." On July 18, the Royals in fact were in sixth place (40-51), but to the easy encouragement of Manager Dick Howser they won 43 of the next 67 with a crowd of boy pitchers and six different shortstops...
...this time, Steinbrenner had forced out enough Yankee managers to create a kind of bizarre farm system for managers. Included on the roster: Ralph Houk of the Boston Red Sox, Bill Virdon of the Houston Astros, Martin in Oakland. The list was extended last month when Howser was named to replace Jim Frey at Kansas City. Frey had taken the Royals to the World Series in his rookie season, but this year the club got off to a terrible start (twelve games behind Oakland in the American League West when the strike started...