Word: koufax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...land of the adult fairy tale, where almost anything can occur, he does indeed return the Bums to New York. But not without a few obstacles, including a sanctimonious baseball commissioner, a girl who throws like Sandy Koufax and the demolition of a housing project to make way for the old stadium, resurrected brick by brick. When installed, the once and future team manages to win the pennant. But not the World Series. Ritz is a skilled and witty novelist, but he realizes that even in fantasy some dreams remain impossible...
...fall, the most passionate fans withdraw into what The New Yorker's Roger Angell calls the Interior Stadium. In this inner game, the fan, his mind a brightly specific montage of players and plays accumulated over the years, recombines them in purely speculative fantasy: "Ruth bats against Sandy Koufax or Sam McDowell ... Hubbell pitches to Ted Williams." Angell has written about one of the mysteries of baseball's attraction: "Its vividness, the absolutely distinct inner vision we have of that hitter, that eager base runner, of however long ago." No other sport, he remarks, "yields these permanent interior...
...Gorman Thomas. 38: Tony Armas. 35: Bob Horner. 35: Dale Murphy. 33: Eddie Murray. 32: John Matberry. 30. 2. "The Barber" Sal Maglie. 3. Cesar Tovar and Bert Campaberis. 4. Rod Carew. Pete Rose. Johnny Bench. Fred Lynn. 5. Cincinnatti's Ray Knight. 6. Lee Lacy. 7. Sandy Koufax. Denny McClain. Jim Palmer. 8. Bobby Bonds. 189 in 1970 9. Catfish Hunter: Minnesota. 4-0 10. Walter Johnson. Gaylord Perry. Bob Gibson. Nolan Ryan. 11. Phillies. Pete Rose. Bake McBride. Gary Matthews: Braves: Bob Horner. Chris Chambliss. John "the Count" Montefusco. 12. Vida Blue. 1971. 13. the St. Louis Cardinals...
With big Greg Brown turning Huskie batters into extras in the Sandy Koufax story, the only drama after Harvard added two in the fifth was to see if the No-Hit Kid could repeat his performance of two weeks ago by blanking Northeastern...