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It is one of the better-known opening lines in American literature: "A screaming comes across the sky." Thus begins Gravity's Rainbow (1973), the mammoth and, to many, impenetrable novel that established Thomas Pynchon as the most important and mysterious writer of his generation. While his cult exfoliated, the...
But Clark cannot do it all, and despite impressive home-run help from his partner in the so-called Pacific Sock Exchange, Kevin Mitchell, as well as from slugger Matt Williams, the Giants seem outgunned overall by the Bash Brothers & Associates. More important, the A's boast the best pitching...
Still, I was faithful to my squad. After all,they were the Mets. But now, I don't even know whothey are. The attrition began with the swapping ofDykstra and fun-loving Roger McDowell toPhiladelphia. Mookie was next, sent to Toronto todrag the Jays into the playoffs.
"The Jays have never won a pennant, those chokers," he continued. "In 1985, we were up three games to one against the Royals. This was the Royal team with Buddy Biancalana at shortstop and Frank White hitting cleanup. And we lost to them."
"And there was the 1987 debacle. It was the last week of the season, and we basically had the division locked up. Only one team could have blown it. The Blue Jays. We lost seven straight."